Fortschritte in der Gewinnung und Verarbeitung von Pflanzenlecithinen

Progress in Production and Processing of Vegetable Lecithines Production and processing of vegetable lecithines, won as secondary products of edible oil production, have only very seldom been the subject of publications in German literature during the last decades. Since 1950 remarkable improvements have been achieved in this field. In detail they concern the hydratation methods, the fractionation procedures which are worked out to separate neutral lipids, unwelcome phosphatides and oligosaccharides as well chemical and enzymatical reactions by which the emulsifiability and the dispersing power of the lecithine preparations can be improved. The present report bases on scientific publications and patent literature. It considers beyond that the results obtained in the author's laboratory.