About 15% of higher plants have acquired the ability to convert sucrose into fructans. Fructan degradation is catalyzed by fructan exohydrolases (FEHs), which are structurally related to cell wall invertases (CWI). However, the biological function(s) of FEH enzymes in non-fructan species have
Fructan exohydrolases (FEHs) are structurally related to cell wall invertases. While the latter are ubiquitous in higher plants, the role of FEHs in non-fructan species has remained enigmatic. To explore possible roles of FEHs in maize, a full length putative Zm-6-FEH-encoding cDNA was cloned
Over 40,000 species of plants accumulate fructan, [beta]-2-1- and [beta]-2-6-linked polymers of fructose as a storage reserve. Due to their high fructose content, several commercial applications for fructans have been proposed. However, plants that accumulate these polymers are not agronomically
We studied the influence of oligofructose (OFS), a nondigestible fructan, on lipid metabolism in obese fa/fa Zucker rats. The addition of 10 g/100 g OFS to the diet slowed the increase in body weight without modifying serum triglycerides or glucose concentrations after 7 wk of treatment. However, an
The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that non-digestible fructans, namely oligofructose (OFS), are able to decrease post-prandial lipaemia in rats fed a high-fat diet composed of 10% lard, 4% corn oil and 0.15% cholesterol. Male Wistar rats were divided into three groups: group 1 was fed
The low-FODMAP diet is a new dietary therapy for the management of irritable bowel syndrome that is gaining in popularity around the world. Developing the low-FODMAP diet required not only extensive food composition data but also the establishment of "cutoff values" to classify foods as low-FODMAP.
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