“…However, the use of solvents brings additional costs and environmental concerns (46,51,52). To overcome these drawbacks, the adoption of solvent-free systems for enzymatic esterification has increased interest in the last decades (6,45,(53)(54)(55)(56)(57)(58)(59)(60)(61)(62)(63). Many studies have obtained, with different degrees of yields, esters by enzymatic route in solvent-free systems for applications in cosmetics, personal care products, and biofuels, as reviewed by Khan & Rathod (2015 (5,64), Pourzolfaghar et al (2016) (65), Sá and coworkers (2017) (8), and Antczak and co-workers (2009) (48).…”