Prebiotic Oligosaccharides: Special Focus on Fructooligosaccharides, Its Biosynthesis and Bioactivity

Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology

Volumn 183, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 613-635

  Singh, Sudhir P ^a   Jadaun, Jyoti Singh ^a   Narnoliya, Lokesh K ^a   Pandey, Ashok ^a  

^a CENTER OF INNOVATIVE AND APPLIED BIOPROCESSING CIAB   (India)

Author keywords

Fructooligosaccharide; Inulin; Kestose; Levan; Nystose; Oligosaccharides; Prebiotics

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMOLECULES; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOHYDRATES; OLIGOSACCHARIDES;

FRUCTOOLIGOSACCHARIDES; INULIN; KESTOSE; LEVAN; NYSTOSE; PREBIOTICS;

FOOD ADDITIVES;

AGAROOLIGOSACCHARIDE; CYCLODEXTRIN DERIVATIVE; FRUCTOSE OLIGOSACCHARIDE; GALACTOSE OLIGOSACCHARIDE; GENTIOOLIGOSACCHARIDE; GLYCOSYLSUCROSE; INULIN; ISOMALTOOLIGOSACCHARIDE; LACTOSUCROSE; LACTULOSE; LEVANSUCRASE; MALTOOLIGOSACCHARIDE; NEO AGAROOLIGOSACCHARIDE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; PALATINOSE; PREBIOTIC AGENT; RAFFINOSE; STACHYOSE; SUCROSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERBASCOSE; XYLOOLIGOSACCHARIDE; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS; INTESTINE FLORA;

GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; HUMANS; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; PREBIOTICS;

EID: 85029790317     PISSN: 02732289     EISSN: 15590291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12010-017-2605-2     Document Type: Article

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