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Galactoglucomannan Extracted from Spruce (Picea abies) as a Carbohydrate Source for Probiotic Bacteria
- Source :
- Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 60:11037-11043
- Publication Year :
- 2012
- Publisher :
- American Chemical Society (ACS), 2012.
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Abstract
- A prebiotic is a nonviable food component that confers a health benefit on the host associated with modulation of the microbiota. Hemicelluloses are the second most common group of polysaccharides in nature and they occur in plant cell walls. The predominant hemicellulose in softwood species is galactoglucomannan, and based on its chemical structure and information available about similar saccharides, galactoglucomannan may be postulated to have prebiotic properties. In this study we demonstrated that Bifidobacterium species are able to ferment hemicellulose-derived saccharides. Significant stimulatory effects on the growth rates of bifidobacteria were found when galactoglucomannan or its hydrolysis products were present. Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis strain Bb12, a commonly used probiotic, was able to adapt to the galactoglucomannan leading to more efficient utilization of hemicellulose-derived saccharides. Our study demonstrates prebiotic properties for galactoglucomannan and warrants the next step, that is, characterization of the effects of galactoglucomannan in food.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_treatment
Molecular Sequence Data
Biology
Polysaccharide
law.invention
Mannans
Cell wall
chemistry.chemical_compound
Probiotic
law
medicine
Hemicellulose
Picea
Galactoglucomannan
chemistry.chemical_classification
Probiotics
Prebiotic
ta1183
General Chemistry
Carbohydrate
biology.organism_classification
Bifidobacterium animalis
Carbohydrate Sequence
chemistry
Biochemistry
Fermentation
Carbohydrate Metabolism
Bifidobacterium
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15205118 and 00218561
- Volume :
- 60
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....de288ca6ad75d1654f7de07d54a4a497