Purification and characterization of fructan: Fructan fructosyl transferase from chicory (Cichorium intybus L.) roots

Planta

Volumn 199, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 493-502

  Van Den Ende, Wim ^a   Van Wonterghem, Dominik ^a   Verhaert, Peter ^b   Dewil, Erna ^c   Van Laere, André ^a  

^a Botany Institute   (Belgium)

^b Zoological Institute   (Belgium)

^c Physiol Dom A ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

1 Kestose; Cichorium; Fructan; Fructan: fructan fructosyl transferase; Inulin; Sucrose

Indexed keywords

CICHORIUM INTYBUS;

EID: 0029806984     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00195178     Document Type: Article

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