Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method for producing a food product comprising hydrolysed starch, as well as to products obtainable by the method. The method has the advantage of reducing the amount of sugar (i.e. maltose) produced by hydrolysis as compared to conventional methods of starch hydrolysis and present the additional advantage of providing good processability for the food product.
Abstract:
In order to provide sweetpotato condensed extract (that is imo-mitsu) as a dietary supplement having a feeling of high quality with emphasis on nutritional functionality, which is obtained from sweetpotato, does not have extraneous flavors or odor of malt, and also improve taste and flavor enables the setting of a long periods for consumption and storage, a method for producing a imo-mitsu composition adds β-amylase contained in liquid from squeezing sweetpotato or from sweetpotato dry powder as saccharifying enzyme to a raw ingredient derived from sweetpotato by adding water and heating processing, and performs saccharification processing by heating at 60 to 75° C. for 30 to 60 minutes.
Abstract:
A sugar mixture comprising: monosaccharides; oligosaccharides in a ratio ≧0.06 to total saccharides; disaccharides in a ratio to total saccharides ≧0.05; pentose in a ratio to total saccharides ≧0.05; at least one alpha-bonded di-glucose; and at least one beta-bonded di-glucose. Also disclosed are methods to make and/or use such mixtures.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a method for preparing a mixture of malto-oligosaccharides. Generally, a dry-milled corn fraction, such as a corn flour from which germ and fiber have been removed, is subjected to hydrolysis, typically catalyzed with acid or an enzyme such as an α-amylase enzyme, under conditions suitable to form a mixture of malto-oligosaccharides. A gluten fraction is removed and the enzyme is inactivated, such as with heat. The mixture of malto-oligosaccharides then may be recovered from remaining solids and purified.
Abstract:
The present invention discloses that an intratumoral injection of: i) glycolipids with α-gal epitope; ii) gene vectors comprising an α1,3galactosyltransferase gene; or iii) a mixture of α1,3galactosyltransferase, neuraminidase, and uridine diphosphate galactose results in tumor regression and/or destruction. Binding of the natural anti-Gal antibody to de novo expressed tumoral α-gal epitopes induces inflammation resulting in an anti-Gal antibody mediated opsonization of tumor cells and their uptake by antigen presenting cells. These antigen presenting cells migrate to draining lymph nodes and activate tumor specific T cells thereby converting the treated tumor lesions into in situ autologous tumor vaccines. This therapy can be applied to patients with multiple lesions and in neo-adjuvant therapy to patients before tumor resection. In addition to the regression and/or destruction of the treated tumor, such a vaccine will help in the immune mediated destruction of micrometastases that are not detectable during the removal of the treated tumor.
Abstract:
Glycolipids of branched chain alkyl oligosaccharides according to this patent comprise of a primary alcohol branched in the 2-position and an oligosaccharide, covalently bond to the alcohol in either α- or β-linkage (shown in Formula I and Formula II). These compounds show particularly interesting phase behavior not found for the corresponding straight chain counterparts. The properties involve an ambient temperature liquid crystalline appearance and thermotropic liquid crystal phase polymorphism. Upon the latter, the formation of cubic phases is considered most interesting with respect to life science applications, e.g. liposome for drug delivery. Depending on the choice of sugar head group and alkyl tail, various levels of water miscibility may be adjusted to meet applications requirements (complete solubility for emulsifier applications, e.g. cosmetic creams, to limited water swelling only, e.g. for the preparation of artificial membranes). The closed structural relationship to natural lipids also make branched chain alkyl oligosaccharides valuable subjects for biochemical investigations, e.g. membrane studies. The range of possible applications for glycolipids of branched chain alkyl oligosaccharides involve material science liquid crystal applications, e.g, optical switches, as well as surfactants and the life science applications.
Abstract:
Disaccharides of formula (I) are derived from a-maltosyl fluoride, wherein R1 and R2 are defined. Such disaccharides are useful as glycosyl donors in transglycosylation reactions catalyzed by glycoside-hydrolazes or in transfer reactions catalyzed by transglycosylases during the preparation of oligosaccharides or polysaccharides.
Abstract:
From a maltose solution of a purity of 75 to 90%, a high-purity maltose solution having a maltose purity of more than 98.5% is obtained in a high yield by preparatorily treating activated carbon with the aqueous solution of an organic solvent, adding the same organic solvent to the maltose solution under treatment until the concentration of the organic solvent equals that in the aqueous solution used for the treatment of the activated carbon, and subsequently bringing the resultant solution into contact with the activated carbon for thereby allowing the activated carbon to adsorb selectively out of the solution only the saccharides such as maltotriose and maltotetraose which are composed of three or more glucoses.
Abstract:
A microorganism which simultaneously produces .beta.-amylase and dextrin .alpha.-1,6-glucosidase is cultured. By use of the enzymes thus produced, starch is directly hydrolyzed into maltose in a high yield.
Abstract:
A process for converting granular starch to a soluble hydrolysate wherein the unconverted starch retains its granular nature. The conversion is accomplished by means of a bacterial alpha-amylase.