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Role of Intestinal Microbiota in Ulcerative Colitis

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Theoretical part<br />

5. Production <strong>of</strong> prebiotics and novel prebiotic candidates<br />

depend<strong>in</strong>g on the enzyme source, synthesized FOS has different l<strong>in</strong>kages, which ma<strong>in</strong>ly compose<br />

<strong>of</strong> 1‐kestose (α‐D‐glucopyranosyl‐β‐D‐fruct<strong>of</strong>uranosyl‐β‐D‐fruct<strong>of</strong>uranoside), nystose (α‐D‐<br />

glucopyranosyl‐[β‐D‐fruct<strong>of</strong>uranosyl]2‐β‐D‐fruct<strong>of</strong>uranoside), and fruct<strong>of</strong>uranosylnystose (α‐D‐<br />

glucopyranosyl‐[β‐D‐fruct<strong>of</strong>uranosyl]3‐β‐D‐fruct<strong>of</strong>uranoside) (Yun et al., 1997;Rastall, 2007).<br />

Formation <strong>of</strong> FOS from sucrose occurs through a set <strong>of</strong> reactions, which <strong>in</strong>itiates with sucrose<br />

act<strong>in</strong>g as both donor and acceptor <strong>of</strong> a fructosyl residue, yield<strong>in</strong>g glucose and 1‐kestose.<br />

Subsequently, 1‐kestose can function as fructosyl donor, and either sucrose or another<br />

olig<strong>of</strong>ructose can function as acceptor. As a result <strong>of</strong> repeated transfructosylations, l<strong>in</strong>ear FOS is<br />

synthesized (Figure 5) (Duchateau et al., 1995;Kim et al., 1998). Commercial synthesized FOS can<br />

conta<strong>in</strong> high levels <strong>of</strong> glucose and sucrose, released as by‐products. A previous study has<br />

compared the amount (%, w/w) <strong>of</strong> FOS produced by different enzyme forms and reaction modes,<br />

which led to mean values <strong>of</strong> 56% FOS, 27% glucose, and 17% sucrose (Yun et al., 1997). Hence,<br />

removal <strong>of</strong> by‐products us<strong>in</strong>g either membrane filtration or chromatographic procedures is<br />

important to produce products with high purity (Crittenden and Playne, 1996;Yun et al., 1997).<br />

Figure 5: Production <strong>of</strong> commercial FOS from either sucrose or <strong>in</strong>ul<strong>in</strong>. Adapted from Crittenden and Playne<br />

(1996)<br />

5.2. Production <strong>of</strong> novel non-digestible carbohydrates from by-product<br />

streams<br />

The use <strong>of</strong> by‐product streams from <strong>in</strong>dustrial production <strong>of</strong> e.g. sugar and potato starch has<br />

become an area <strong>of</strong> <strong>in</strong>terest, s<strong>in</strong>ce by‐products are rich sources <strong>of</strong> non‐digestible plant fibers and<br />

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