Investigation of Thai plants for potential sources of inulin-type fructans

Selected Sri Lankan food plants and other herbs as potential sources of inulin-type fructans

“…The selection of plants was based on previous studies on inulin-type fructan contents in food plants (Loo et al, 1995;Campbell et al, 1997;Judprasong et al, 2011) and medicinal plants used in Ayurveda, the Sri Lankan traditional medicine and the alternative medicine for treating digestive tract related disorders (Jayasinghe et al, 1979;1985;Jayaweera, 1980;1981a;b;1982 …”

“…Plants in the families Asteraceae, Asparagaceae, Amaryllidaceae and Campanulaceae are well known to store inulin-type fructans. Several studies have shown the distribution of inulin-type fructans in a variety of food plants (Loo et al, 1995;Campbell et al, 1997;Judprasong et al, 2011;Moongngarm et al, 2011). There are many food plants and herbs in Sri Lanka, which may contain high levels of inulin-type fructans.…”

Quality control of sweet medicines based on gas chromatography-mass spectrometry

“…Fructose is easily decomposed under acidic conditions in both acid hydrolysis and methanolysis conditions (59,60). Some alternative methods have been developed to solve the problem such as enzymatic hydrolysis (61,62) or determined by phenol-acetone-boric acid reagent (PABR) which introduced by Boratynski (60,63). Besides, anhydrosugars that are common in red/brown algal cell walls such as 3,6-anhydrogalactose need to be analyzed by reductive hydrolysis (64).…”

“…Enzymatic hydrolysis is commonly used for the analysis of fructose-rich carbohydrates (61,74) such as inulin and fructans. The amount of inulin in the samples was quantified for the QC as the amounts of hydrolyzed sugars (fructose, glucose and sucrose) after inulinase treatment minus the amounts of free sugars (the existing sugars in the original sample) (61). Enzymatic hydrolysis has also been used for releasing carbohydrates from plant-derived arabinoxylans and uronic acid-containing polysaccharides (62,75-77).…”

Physico-Chemical Analysis, Cooking Quality and Acceptability of Minor Tubers

“…In addition to the high starch content, these vegetables further contain other carbohydrates such as MALTOS, FOS and inulin (Judprasong et al, 2011;Moongngarm et al, 2011). Though few studies indicate the presence of oligosaccharides in raw tubers/roots but it is worth noticing that humans consume cooked forms of these foods.…”