A simple and accurate method for determining wheat grain fructan content and average degree of polymerization

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2102-2107

  Verspreet, Joran ^a   Pollet, Annick ^a   Cuyvers, Sven ^a   Vergauwen, Rudy ^b   Van Den Ende, Wim ^b   Delcour, Jan A ^a   Courtin, Christophe M ^a  

^a LEUVEN FOOD SCIENCE AND NUTRITION RESEARCH CENTRE LFORCE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Acid hydrolysis; Degree of polymerization; Fructans; Wheat

Indexed keywords

ACID HYDROLYSIS; AVERAGE DEGREE; DEGREE OF POLYMERIZATION; FRUCTANS; HIGH-PERFORMANCE ANION-EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; HPAEC-PAD; IMPROVED METHODS; MILD ACID; PULSED AMPEROMETRIC DETECTION; QUANTIFICATION METHODS; RAFFINOSE OLIGOSACCHARIDES; STACHYOSE; WHEAT; WHEAT FLOURS; WHEAT GRAINS;

FRUCTOSE; GLUCOSE; HYDROLYSIS; POLYMERIZATION; POLYSACCHARIDES; SUGAR (SUCROSE);

GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT);

FRUCTAN; FRUCTOSE; GLUCOSE; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HYDROLYSIS; PLANT SEED; REPRODUCIBILITY; WHEAT;

FRUCTANS; FRUCTOSE; GLUCOSE; HYDROLYSIS; POLYMERS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEEDS; TRITICUM;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM SUBSP. SPELTA;

EID: 84859750472     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: 15205118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf204774n     Document Type: Article

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