Energy reserve compound synthesis

Although amino acids are generally considered as substances utilized for the synthesis of proteins and repair of body tissues, these compounds also serve as an energy source, particularly in times of starvation or deprivation. As discussed by Arme (1977) the amino acid proline is used as an energy reserve in blood-feeding insects and in certain blood-feeding protozoan parasites (hemo-flagellates). 

The energy consumption in our country is tilted heavily towards the middle distillate (kerosene/ATF and diesel oil). The demand of diesel oil alone is more than 37% [1]. The recoverable reserve of petroleum crude in India is 763 MMT against 193 billion tons of coal [2]. On the other hand, Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis (FTS) produces superior quality diesel oil since the feedstock does not contain sulphur and nitrogen compounds or aromatics. The only drawback is that the process produces a wide spectrum of products from C1-C340+ hydrocarbons [3]. Hence the present global effort is towards search for a particular product selective catalysts. 

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