Agaves as a raw material: Recent technologies and applications

Recent Patents on Biotechnology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 185-191

  Narvaez Zapata J A ^a   Sanchez Teyer L F ^b  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Agave fructans; Agaves; Saponins; Sisal; Tequila

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY); POLYSACCHARIDES;

AGAVACEAE; AGAVE; AGAVE FRUCTANS; BAGASSE WASTES; COMPLEX SUGARS; SAPONIN; SISAL; SUGAR CONTENT; TECHNOLOGIES AND APPLICATIONS; TEQUILUM;

METABOLITES;

ALCOHOL; CELLULOSE; FRUCTAN; FRUCTOSE; PROBIOTIC AGENT; SAPONIN DERIVATIVE; SWEETENING AGENT;

AGAVE; ALCOHOL PRODUCTION; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ANIMAL FOOD; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FERMENTATION TECHNIQUE; FOOD BIOTECHNOLOGY; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD PROCESSING; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); NATURAL FIBER PRODUCTION; NONHUMAN; PATENT; PLANT FIBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; SPECIES CULTIVATION; SYRUP;

AGAVACEAE; AGAVE; AGAVE SISALANA;

EID: 70449091558     PISSN: 18722083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/187220809789389144     Document Type: Review

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