Patrick Adlercreutz

Professor
Background:
Master of Chemical Engineering, Lund, Sweden, 1979
Doctor of Science in Biotechnology, Lund, 1985
Assistant professor in Biotechnology, Lund, 1989
Professor in Biotechnology, Lund, 1999
Research interests:
Enzymatic reactions in organic media
Production of prebiotics and antidiabetic food ingredients by enzymatic modification of carbohydrates
Enzymatic synthesis of carbohydrate based surfactants
Using enzymes to tailor lipids with respect to nutritional value and/or physico-chemical properties
Transaminases for the production of chiral amines
Enzymatic redox reactions
Research projects:
Antidiabetic carbohydrates. Project within Antidiabetic Food Centre
Enzymatic lipid processing for increased sustainability. SSF
ScanOat. Mild processing of oats to optimise health effects and functionality. SSF
Teaching:
Enzyme Technology
Enzyme Kinetics
Biotechnology, Process and Plant Design
Selected publications:
P Adlercreutz. Immobilisation and application of lipases in organic media. Chem. Soc. Rev. 42, 6406-6436 (2013)
D Svensson, S Ulvenlund and P Adlercreutz . Enzymatic route to alkyl glycosides having oligomeric head groups. Green Chemistry 11, 1222-1226 (2009)
K Berger, P Falk, C Karlsson, U Nilsson, U Axling, C Grey, H Stålbrand, E Nordberg Karlsson, M Nyman, C Holm, P Adlercreutz. Cereal byproducts have prebiotic potential in mice fed a high-fat diet. J. Agric. Food Chem. 62, 8169-8178 (2014)
T Börner, G Rehn, C Grey, P Adlercreutz. A Process Concept for High-Purity Production of Amines by Transaminase-Catalyzed Asymmetric Synthesis: Combining Enzyme
Cascade and Membrane-Assisted ISPR. Org. Process Res. Dev. 19, 793−799 (2015)
P Lundemo, E Nordberg Karlsson, P Adlercreutz. Eliminating hydrolytic activity without affecting the transglycosylation of a GH1 β-glucosidase. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 101, 1121-1131 (2017)
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Contact:
Phone: +46 46 222 4842
Email: Patrick.Adlercreutz@biotek.lu.se