Galacto‐oligosaccharides: production, properties, applications, and significance as prebiotics

DPM Torres, MPF Gonçalves… - … reviews in food …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Galacto‐oligosaccharides (GOS) have now been definitely established as prebiotic
ingredients after in vitro and animal and human in vivo studies. Currently, GOS are produced …

[HTML][HTML] Downstream processing technologies in the biocatalytic production of oligosaccharides

A Kruschitz, B Nidetzky - Biotechnology Advances, 2020 - Elsevier
Oligosaccharides are important ingredients for food and feed products. There has therefore
been much interest in the development of biocatalytic processes for their production …

New trends and technological challenges in the industrial production and purification of fructo-oligosaccharides

C Nobre, JA Teixeira, LR Rodrigues - Critical reviews in food …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
An increased commercial interest in fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS) has emerged in the last
decade due to their prebiotic activity. At large scale, the FOS are produced by microbial …

[HTML][HTML] Process development for the production of prebiotic fructo-oligosaccharides by Penicillium citreonigrum

C Nobre, AKC do Nascimento, SP Silva, E Coelho… - Bioresource …, 2019 - Elsevier
A new isolated P. citreonigrum URM 4459 was selected to produce fructooligosaccharides
(FOS) in an efficient, economical and fast one-step fermentation. Optimal culture conditions …

Production of fructo-oligosaccharides by Aspergillus ibericus and their chemical characterization

C Nobre, EG Alves Filho, FAN Fernandes, ES Brito… - LWT, 2018 - Elsevier
A great demand for prebiotics is driving the search for new sources of fructo-
oligosaccharides (FOS) producers and for FOS with differentiated functionalities. In the …

Strategies for the production of high-content fructo-oligosaccharides through the removal of small saccharides by co-culture or successive fermentation with yeast

C Nobre, CC Castro, AL Hantson, JA Teixeira… - Carbohydrate …, 2016 - Elsevier
Fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS) obtained by fermentation of sucrose may be purified at large-
scale by continuous chromatography (Simulated Moving Bed: SMB). In order to improve the …

Fructo-oligosaccharides purification from a fermentative broth using an activated charcoal column

C Nobre, JA Teixeira, LR Rodrigues - New biotechnology, 2012 - Elsevier
In this study, a simple and efficient process to purify fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS) from a
fermentative broth was proposed using a single activated charcoal column. The FOS …

Microbial co-culturing strategies for fructo-oligosaccharide production

CC Castro, C Nobre, G De Weireld, AL Hantson - New biotechnology, 2019 - Elsevier
Fructo-oligosaccharide (FOS) mixtures produced by fermentation contain large amounts of
non-prebiotic sugars. Here we propose a mixed culture of Aureobasidium pullulans and …

Screening and selection of potential carriers to immobilize Aureobasidium pullulans cells for fructo-oligosaccharides production

CC Castro, C Nobre, ME Duprez, G De Weireld… - Biochemical …, 2017 - Elsevier
Fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS) are non-digestible sweeteners with improved functional and
technological properties for food and pharmaceutical industry applications. The …

Screening of fungi from the genus Penicillium for production of β-fructofuranosidase and enzymatic synthesis of fructooligosaccharides

AKC Nascimento, C Nobre, MTH Cavalcanti… - Journal of Molecular …, 2016 - Elsevier
Eight new isolated fungi of the genus Penicillium were evaluated for β-fructofuranosidase
(FFase) production. From these, Penicillium citreonigrum was selected for FFase and …