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Oligosaccharides: a boon from nature’s desk
This article reviews the varied sources of oligosaccharides available in nature as silent health promoting, integral ingredients of plants as well as animal products like honey and milk. The article focuses on exotic and unfamiliar oligosaccharides like Galactooligosaccharides, Lactulose derived Gal...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5047869/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27699701 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13568-016-0253-5 |
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description | This article reviews the varied sources of oligosaccharides available in nature as silent health promoting, integral ingredients of plants as well as animal products like honey and milk. The article focuses on exotic and unfamiliar oligosaccharides like Galactooligosaccharides, Lactulose derived Galactooligosaccharides, Xylooligosaccharides, Arabinooligosaccharides and algae derived Marine oligosaccharides along with the most acknowledged prebiotic fructooligosaccharides. The oligosaccharides are named as on the grounds of the monomeric units forming oligomers with functional properties. The chemical structures, natural sources, microbial enzyme mediated synthesis and physiological effects are discussed. An elaborate account of the different types of oligosaccharides with special reference to fructooligosaccharides are presented. Finally, the profound health benefits of oligosaccharides are rigourously discussed limelighting its positive physiological sequel. |
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spelling | pubmed-50478692016-10-18 Oligosaccharides: a boon from nature’s desk Belorkar, Seema A. Gupta, A. K. AMB Express Mini-Review This article reviews the varied sources of oligosaccharides available in nature as silent health promoting, integral ingredients of plants as well as animal products like honey and milk. The article focuses on exotic and unfamiliar oligosaccharides like Galactooligosaccharides, Lactulose derived Galactooligosaccharides, Xylooligosaccharides, Arabinooligosaccharides and algae derived Marine oligosaccharides along with the most acknowledged prebiotic fructooligosaccharides. The oligosaccharides are named as on the grounds of the monomeric units forming oligomers with functional properties. The chemical structures, natural sources, microbial enzyme mediated synthesis and physiological effects are discussed. An elaborate account of the different types of oligosaccharides with special reference to fructooligosaccharides are presented. Finally, the profound health benefits of oligosaccharides are rigourously discussed limelighting its positive physiological sequel. Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2016-10-03 /pmc/articles/PMC5047869/ /pubmed/27699701 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13568-016-0253-5 Text en © The Author(s) 2016 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. |
spellingShingle | Mini-Review Belorkar, Seema A. Gupta, A. K. Oligosaccharides: a boon from nature’s desk |
title | Oligosaccharides: a boon from nature’s desk |
title_full | Oligosaccharides: a boon from nature’s desk |
title_fullStr | Oligosaccharides: a boon from nature’s desk |
title_full_unstemmed | Oligosaccharides: a boon from nature’s desk |
title_short | Oligosaccharides: a boon from nature’s desk |
title_sort | oligosaccharides: a boon from nature’s desk |
topic | Mini-Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5047869/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27699701 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13568-016-0253-5 |
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