The Utilization of Rare Sugars as a Functional Food

Allitol: production, properties and applications

“…Also allitol is important in symmetric point for production of other rare sugars linking between D-and L-hexoses and thus can be used to increase the yield of D-psicose from Itea plants and for production of L-sugars (Iida et al, 2008;Hadipernata et al, 2012). Also allitol is important in symmetric point for production of other rare sugars linking between D-and L-hexoses and thus can be used to increase the yield of D-psicose from Itea plants and for production of L-sugars (Iida et al, 2008;Hadipernata et al, 2012).…”

“…Allitol is commercially important, because it is difficult to synthesise in gram-scale quantities by chemical methods, as allitol is costly (119.00 ERU per 100 mg from Sigma-Aldrich, Shanghai, China). Also allitol is important in symmetric point for production of other rare sugars linking between D-and L-hexoses and thus can be used to increase the yield of D-psicose from Itea plants and for production of L-sugars (Iida et al, 2008;Hadipernata et al, 2012). It is also used in food products as a low-calorie carbohydrate sweetener with novel functional characteristics (Iida et al, 2008;Oosaka, 2009;Hadipernata et al, 2012).…”

Synthesis of allitol from D-psicose using ribitol dehydrogenase and formate dehydrogenase

“…Their rarity limits their large-scale extraction and separation from natural sources. These compounds, which are classified as 'sugars' and 'sugar alcohols,' have interesting characteristics, and are used in both food production and pharmaceuticals [1][2][3][4][5][6]. The use of inexpensive raw substrates for the production of rare sugars is now attracting considerable attention.…”