In vitro synthesis of fructofuranosyl-only oligosaccharides from inulin and fructose by purified chicory root fructan:fructan fructosyl transferase

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 346-352

  Van Den Ende, Wim ^a   De Roover, Joke ^a   Van Laere, André ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Chicory; Cichorium intybus; FFT; fructan; fructofuranosyl only oligosaccharides; fructose; in vitro synthesis; inulin; inulo n ose; inulobiose; sucrose

Indexed keywords

ASTERACEAE; CICHORIUM INTYBUS;

EID: 0030481838     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3054.1996.970219.x     Document Type: Article

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