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The distribution of water and the formation of microphases during the synthesis of octyl octanoate and the hydrolysis of triolein catalyzed by immobilized lipase have been directly monitored in real time using confocal laser microscopy.
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Stenning, R., Needs, E., Brooker, B. et al. Enzyme Catalysis in Multiphase Systems: Direct Determination of Water Distribution. Nat Biotechnol 11, 1299–1301 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt1193-1299
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