Prebiotic properties of alternansucrase maltose-acceptor oligosaccharides

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 53, Issue 15, 2005, Pages 5911-5916

  Sanz, María Luz ^a   Côté, Gregory L ^b   Gibson, Glenn R ^a   Rastall, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL UTILIZATION RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternansucrase; Maltose acceptor products; Molecular weight; Prebiotic

Indexed keywords

ALTERNANSUCRASE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; MALTOSE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; PROBIOTIC AGENT; SUCROSE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; ENZYMOLOGY; FECES; FERMENTATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INTESTINE; LEUCONOSTOC; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA; FECES; FERMENTATION; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; INTESTINES; LEUCONOSTOC; MALTOSE; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; PROBIOTICS; SUCROSE;

LEUCONOSTOC MESENTEROIDES;

EID: 23744443580     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf050344e     Document Type: Article

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