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OLIGOSACCHARIDES composed of glucose and fructose units have been detected by various workers recently in extracts of Jerusalem artichoke, wheat flour, barley and agave. A number of oligosaccharides which are hydrolysed by invertase to glucose and fructose have now been found in ripe apricots. In one case a hexitol was also detected in the hydrolysis products.
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ASH, A., REYNOLDS, T. Ketose Oligosaccharides in the Apricot Fruit. Nature 174, 602–603 (1954). https://doi.org/10.1038/174602a0
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