Fructo-oligosaccharides: Production, Purification and Potential Applications

Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1475-1490

  Bali, Vandana ^a   Panesar, Parmjit S ^a   Bera, Manab B ^a   Panesar, Reeba ^a  

^a SANT LONGOWAL INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

applications; Fructo oligosaccharides; fructosyltransferase; prebiotics; production

Indexed keywords

APPLICATIONS; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD PRODUCTS; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; PRODUCTION; PURIFICATION;

BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; FOOD INGREDIENTS; FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRY; FRUCTO-OLIGOSACCHARIDES; FRUCTOSYLTRANSFERASE; POTENTIAL HEALTH; PREBIOTICS; THERAPEUTIC BENEFITS;

FOOD ADDITIVES;

FUNGI;

1-KESTOSE; FRUCTOSE OLIGOSACCHARIDE; FUNGITETRAOSE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; INULOSUCRASE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; PREBIOTIC AGENT; TRISACCHARIDE;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; FOOD HANDLING; HUMAN; PROCEDURES;

FOOD TECHNOLOGY; HEXOSYLTRANSFERASES; HUMANS; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; PREBIOTICS; TRISACCHARIDES;

EID: 84906780385     PISSN: 10408398     EISSN: 15497852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408398.2012.694084     Document Type: Article

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