The straightforward chemo-enzymatic synthesis of methyl 9(S)-HODE (dimorphecolic acid methyl ester) and methyl 9(S)-HOTE, from linoleic and alpha-linolenic acids, using barley seeds lipoxygenase under oxygen pressure and at high substrate concentration, is described. Copyright (C) 1996 Elsevier Science Ltd
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