Since the industrial revolution, the rapid growth and development of global industries have
depended largely upon the utilization of coal-derived chemicals, and more recently, the …

Nutraceuticals are gaining importance owing to their potential applications in numerous
sectors including food and feed industries. Among the emerging nutraceuticals, d‐tagatose …

Pentose sugars are widespread in nature and two of them, D-xylose and L-arabinose
belong to the most abundant sugars being the second and third by abundance sugars in dry …

Hydrocortisone, is one of the most powerful adrenocorticosteroid used in clinics for glucose
metabolism. It is also served as an important intermediate for synthesis of other steroid …

The objective of the current research was to review and update evidence on the dietary
effect of the consumption of tagatose in type 2 diabetes, as well as to elucidate the current …

Functional sugars have attracted attention because of their wide application prospects in the
food, cosmetics, and pharmaceutical industries in recent decades. Compared with complex …

Monosaccharides from biomass can be used as cost-effective raw materials to produce rare
sugars which are valuable sweeteners. Enzymes play a pivotal role in such biomass …

D-Tagatose is gaining much interests as a sugar substitute and a functional ingredient.
Development of tagatose production process has been investigated by researcher around …

Maltodextrins (dextrins) are glucose chains normally produced by starch hydrolysis.
Maltodextrins are characterized by their degree of polymerization (DP), which indicates the …

Pentoses represent monosaccharides with five carbon atoms. They are organized into two
main groups, aldopentoses and ketopentoses. There are eight aldopentoses and four …