Structural analysis of fructans from agave americana grown in South Africa for spirit production

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 3995-4003

  Ravenscroft, Neil ^a   Cescutti, Paola ^b   Hearshaw, Meredith A ^a   Ramsout, Ronica ^a   Rizzo, Roberto ^b   Timme, Elizabeth M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^c DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Agave americana; Degree of polymerization; Electrospray ionization mass spectrometry; Fructans; Linkage; Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

FRUCTAN; FRUCTOSE; GLUCOSE; SUCROSE;

AGAVE; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; FOOD HANDLING; GEL CHROMATOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SOUTH AFRICA;

AGAVE; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; CARBOHYDRATE CONFORMATION; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; FOOD HANDLING; FRUCTANS; FRUCTOSE; GLUCOSE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; SUCROSE;

AGAVE; AGAVE AMERICANA;

EID: 66149141717     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf8039389     Document Type: Article

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