Inulin consists of linear chains of β-2, 1-linked d-fructofuranose molecules terminated by a
glucose residue through a sucrose-type linkage at the reducing end. In this review article …

In the past few years, people are paying more attention to their dietary habits, and functional
foods are playing a key role in maintaining the health of man. Prebiotics are considered as a …

The effect of combined quinone reductase (QR) and lignin peroxidase (LiP) on the
depolymerization of technical lignins isolated from soda-anthraquinone (SAQ), steam …

Microbial inulinases find application in enzymatic hydrolysis of inulin for production of
fructose (sweetener) and inulooligosaccharides (prebiotics). Inulin is one of the most …

The industrial production of short-chain fructooligosaccharides (FOS) and
inulooligosaccharides is expanding rapidly due to the pharmaceutical importance of these …

The Jerusalem artichoke is a perennial plant that belongs to the sunflower family. As a non-
grain crop, Jerusalem artichoke possesses a number of desirable characteristics that make it …

Short chain fructo-oligosaccharides (SC-FOS) are the potential prebiotics possessing
diverse applications in both food and feed industries. The present study was aimed to extract …

Inulinases are inulin catalyzing enzymes which belongs to glycoside hydrolases (GH) family
32. Bacteria, fungi and yeasts are the potential sources of inulinases. In the present …

This work is focused on the synthesis of the fructooligosaccharides (FOS) from sucrose and
inulin, using free, immobilized and pre-treated immobilized inulinase from Kluyveromyces …

A commercially available endo-inulinase from Aspergillus niger was successfully
immobilized onto a chitin carrier with 66% yield. The immobilized endo-inulinase showed …