Dependence of fructooligosaccharide content on activity of fructooligosaccharide-metabolizing enzymes in yacon (Smallanthus sonchifolius) tuberous roots during storage

Journal of Food Science

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Narai Kanayama, A ^a   Tokita, N ^a   Aso, K ^a  

^a NIPPON VETERINARY AND LIFE SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fructooligosaccharide; Storage; Tuberous root; Yacon

Indexed keywords

BETA FRUCTOFURANOSIDASE; FRUCTAN; FRUCTAN BETA FRUCTOSIDASE; FRUCTAN BETA-FRUCTOSIDASE; FRUCTOSE; FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCOSIDASE; IDOLAX; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; ENZYMOLOGY; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD PRESERVATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; TIME;

ASTERACEAE; BETA-FRUCTOFURANOSIDASE; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD PRESERVATION; FRUCTANS; FRUCTOSE; FUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; PLANT ROOTS; TIME FACTORS;

POLYMNIA SONCHIFOLIA; SMALLANTHUS SONCHIFOLIUS;

EID: 34547851189     PISSN: 00221147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-3841.2007.00422.x     Document Type: Article

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