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Manufacture of Prebiotics from Biomass Sources

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Prebiotics and Probiotics Science and Technology

Abstract

Biomass from plant material is the most abundant and widespread renewable raw material for sustainable development, and can be employed as a source of polymeric and oligomeric carbohydrates. When ingested as a part of the diet, some biomass polysaccharides and/or their oligomeric hydrolysis products are selectively fermented in the colon, causing prebiotic effects.

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Abbreviations

AG :

Arabinogalactan

AGP :

Arabinogalactan-Protein

AIDS :

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

DP :

Degree of Polymerization

DPPH :

1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl

FISH :

Fluorescent in situ Hybridization

GalA :

Galacturonic Acid

G :

β-1,4-D-glucopyranosil

GC-MS :

Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry

GH :

Glycosyl Hydrolase

GRAS :

Generally Recognized as Safe

HIV :

Human Immunodeficiency Virus

HPSEC :

High Performance Size Exclusión Cromatography

M :

β-1,4-D-mannopyranosil

NDO’s :

Non Digestible Oligosaccharides

SCFA :

Short Chain Fatty Acids

XO :

Xylooligosaccharides

X2 :

Xylobiose

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Authors are grateful to the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science for supporting this study, in the framework of the research Project “Properties of new prebiotic food ingredients derived from hemicelluloses” (reference AGL2008–02072), which was partially funded by the FEDER Program of the European Union.

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Gullón, P., Gullón, B., Moure, A., Alonso, J.L., Domínguez, H., Parajó, J.C. (2009). Manufacture of Prebiotics from Biomass Sources. In: Charalampopoulos, D., Rastall, R.A. (eds) Prebiotics and Probiotics Science and Technology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-79058-9_14

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