Industrial production of fructooligosaccharides and its application for human and animals.

Partial purification of a Bacillus licheniformis levansucrase producing levan with antitumor activity

“…Levansucrase activity was defined as the amount of enzyme required to liberate 1 mol of glucose under the specified conditions [18,19].…”

An efficient continuous flow process for the synthesis of a non-conventional mixture of fructooligosaccharides

“…The first is based on inulin degradation, whereas the second approach employs sucrose transformation catalyzed by fructosyltransferase (FTase) or b-fructofuranosidase (FFase) from microbial sources. Industrial scale production of FOS is commonly performed by either soluble enzymes in batch reactions (Hidaka, Eida, Adachi, & Saitoh, 1987) or by immobilized enzymes using continuous fixed-bed reactors (Park, Lim, Kim, Park, & Kim, 2005;Yun, Kang, & Song, 1995). Immobilized FTase from Aureobasidium pullulans and the immobilized whole cells have been used in packed bed reactors for the continuous production of FOS at a plant scale (Jung, Bang, Oh, & Park, 2011;Vaň ková, Onderková, Antošová, & Polakovič, 2008).…”

Composition of storage carbohydrate in tubers of yacon (Polymnia sonchifolia)

“…Yacon plants can be relatively easily cultivated, and the yield is very high, about 54 t/ha . Recently, isokestose and the higher homologues of low-DP fructans have been utilized as sugar substitute of sucrose (Hidaka et al 1987). These fructans are considered to be low-calorie products and they may exert a favorable effect on the human intestinal flora and alleviate hyperlipemia (Hata et al 1983;Hidaka et al 1987).…”