Natural sweeteners: The relevance of food naturalness for consumers, food security aspects, sustainability and health impacts

A Saraiva, C Carrascosa, D Raheem, F Ramos… - International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
At a moment when the population is increasingly aware and involved in what it eats, both
consumers and the food sector are showing more interest in natural foods. This review work …

Tagatose: properties, applications, and biotechnological processes

DK Oh - Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2007 - Springer
Abstract d-Tagatose has attracted a great deal of attention in recent years due to its health
benefits and similar properties to sucrose. d-Tagatose can be used as a low-calorie …

Current studies on biological tagatose production using l-arabinose isomerase: a review and future perspective

P Kim - Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2004 - Springer
Abstract d-Tagatose is a hexoketose monosaccharide sweetener, which is an isomer of d-
galactose and is rarely found in nature. Recently, there has been industrial interest in d …

[LIBRO][B] Biofuels: biotechnology, chemistry, and sustainable development

DM Mousdale - 2008 - taylorfrancis.com
Evaluating a wealth of quantitative data, Biofuels: Biotechnology, Chemistry, and
Sustainable Development discusses different types of biofuels, the science behind their …

Harnessing L-arabinose isomerase for biological production of D-tagatose: Recent advances and its applications

Y Ravikumar, LN Ponpandian, G Zhang, J Yun… - Trends in Food Science & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background d-tagatose is regarded as one of the most valuable rare sugars in the current
market and its biotechnological ways of production is a very hot topic as of today. As a …

Isomerization of galactose to tagatose using arginine as a green catalyst

N Milasing, P Khuwijitjaru, S Adachi - Food Chemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
This work investigated the isomerization of galactose to tagatose, a low caloric rare sugar,
using arginine as a catalyst. Galactose (5% w/v) and arginine (0.10 mol/mol-galactose) in …

Characterization of a Thermostable l-Arabinose (d-Galactose) Isomerase from the Hyperthermophilic Eubacterium Thermotoga maritima

DW Lee, HJ Jang, EA Choe, BC Kim… - Applied and …, 2004 - Am Soc Microbiol
The araA gene encoding l-arabinose isomerase (AI) from the hyperthermophilic bacterium
Thermotoga maritima was cloned and overexpressed in Escherichia coli as a fusion protein …

Cloning, expression and characterization of l-arabinose isomerase from Thermotoga neapolitana: bioconversion of d-galactose to d-tagatose using the enzyme

BC Kim, YH Lee, HS Lee, DW Lee… - FEMS Microbiology …, 2002 - academic.oup.com
Gene araA encoding an l-arabinose isomerase (AraA) from the hyperthermophile,
Thermotoga neapolitana 5068 was cloned, sequenced, and expressed in Escherichia coli …

Biocatalytic production of D-tagatose: A potential rare sugar with versatile applications

J Jayamuthunagai, P Gautam… - Critical Reviews in …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT D-tagatose is a naturally existing rare monosaccharide having prebiotic
properties. Minimal absorption, low metabolizing energy, and unique clinical properties are …

Purification and characterization of an L-arabinose isomerase from an isolated strain of Geobacillus thermodenitrificans producing D-tagatose

HJ Kim, DK Oh - Journal of Biotechnology, 2005 - Elsevier
The araA gene, encoding l-arabinose isomerase (AI), from the thermophilic bacterium
Geobacillus thermodenitrificans was cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli …