Glycosidic linkage of rare and new-to-nature disaccharides reshapes gut microbiota in vitro

SO Onyango, K Beerens, Q Li, J Van Camp, T Desmet… - Food Chemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
The impact of glycosidic linkage of seven rare and new-to-nature disaccharides on gut
bacteria was assessed in vitro. The community shift of the inocula from four donors in …

Tailoring the natural rare sugars D-tagatose and L-sorbose to produce novel functional carbohydrates

O Hernandez-Hernandez, C Sabater… - npj Science of …, 2024 - nature.com
This multidisciplinary study details the biosynthesis of novel non-digestible oligosaccharides
derived from rare sugars, achieved through transfructosylation of D-tagatose and L-sorbose …

Rare Sugar Metabolism and Impact on Insulin Sensitivity along the Gut–Liver–Muscle Axis In Vitro

A van Laar, C Grootaert, A Rajkovic, T Desmet… - Nutrients, 2023 - mdpi.com
Rare sugars have recently attracted attention as potential sugar replacers. Understanding
the biochemical and biological behavior of these sugars is of importance in (novel) food …

Enzymatic characterization of sucrose phosphorylase from Bifidobacterium dentium: The initial enzyme in the cascade reaction

HR Lee, YJ Kim, CY Lee, SG Lee, TG Nam, CS Park… - Food Bioscience, 2024 - Elsevier
Sucrose phosphorylase (SPase) catalyzes the conversion of sucrose to⍺-Glucose 1-
phosphate (G-1-P) and fructose. G-1-P functions as a glycosyl donor and is an initial …

Nigerooligosaccharides and Kojioligosaccharides

S Chen, Z Zhang, Z Yan, J Wu… - Biomanufacture of …, 2024 - taylorfrancis.com
Nigerooligosaccharides are a kind of α-D-glucose oligomer (DP 2–6) containing α-1, 3
glycosidic bond. It is named because it has a structure similar to that of Aspergillus niger cell …