The invention discloses 10-hydroxydecanoic acid as well as a preparation method and application thereof, and belongs to the technical field of
cosmetics,
Candida lipolytica is taken as a
fermentation thallus, the
Candida lipolytica contains
alkane monooxygenase (CYP450),
alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH),
fatty alcohol oxidase (FAO) and
fatty aldehyde dehydrogenase (FALDH), amplification and activation are performed on the
Candida lipolytica in a seed culture medium, and the Candida lipolytica is obtained. The method comprises the following steps: inoculating a seed solution into a
liquid culture medium, enabling a strain to adapt to a
culture environment in advance, reducing strain death caused by environmental
mutation after
inoculation, inoculating the seed solution into the
liquid culture medium, culturing until OD600 is 45-55, realizing high-density enrichment of the strain, being beneficial to increasing the content of CYP450, ADH, FAO and FALDH, adding
decane and Tween 80, and enabling the Tween 80 to be capable of increasing the permeability of a
cell membrane and increasing the
reaction rate, the CYP450 is used for catalyzing
decane to carry out
hydroxylation, and ADH, FAO and FALDH are used for carrying out oxidation, so that the high-purity 10-hydroxydecanoic acid is obtained.