A REVIEW ON XYLOOLIGOSACCHARIDES
Journal Title: International Research Journal of Pharmacy (IRJP) - Year 2012, Vol 3, Issue 8
Abstract
Xylan is an important structural component of plant biomass left in agricultural wastes. It is the most abundant of all of the hemicellulosic materials in the world. A number of economically valuable products such as xylose and xylitol can be made from Xylan, but one category of emerging importance is Xylooligosaccharides (XOS). Xylans are present not only in wood but also in various other plants such as grasses, cereals, and herbs. They constitute 5-35% of the dry tissues of lignocellulosic materials and occur up to 50% in some cereal grains. Non-digestible oligosaccharides are low molecular weight carbohydrates of intermediate in nature between simple sugars and polysaccharides. They can be obtained by direct extraction from natural sources or produced by chemical processes hydrolyzing polysaccharides or by enzymatic and chemical synthesis from disaccharides. XOS have great prebiotic potential and can be incorporated into many food products. XOS seem to exert their nutritional benefits in various animal species, which by definition have an intestinal tract populated by a complex, bacterial intestinal ecosystem.
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Praveen Gupta , Pushpa Agrawal , Prabha Hegde
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