Over the last years, polysaccharides have been linked to antioxidant effects using both in
vitro chemical and biological models. The reported structures, claimed to act as antioxidants …

Polysaccharides are important components of higher plants and have attracted increasing
attention due to their many nutraceutical benefits in humans. Fructans, heterogeneous …

The consumption of Lactobacillus rhamnosus HN001 enhances human gastrointestinal
health. However. L. rhamnosus viability decreases during food processing, storage, and …

Fructans, are carbohydrates defined as fructose-based polymers with countable degree of
polymerization (DP) ranging so far from DP3 to DP60. There are different types of fructans …

Agave syrup (AS), a food product made from agave plant sap, is a vegan sweetener that has
become popular for replacing conventional sweeteners such as sucrose. As the demand for …

Abstract Background Although Levan-type fructooligosaccharides (L-FOS) have been
shown to exhibit prebiotic properties, no efficient methods for their large-scale production …

Agaves represent an important economic source due to the distillates obtained; however,
they also represent a significant amount of agro-industrial waste that is harmful to the …

Dietary fibers such as fructans have beneficial effects on intestinal health but it is unknown
whether they impact goblet cells (GCs). Here we studied the effects of inulin-type fructans …

This research developed model foods of gelatine-based gels, where carbohydrates from
Agave tequilana Weber var. Azul (agave syrups or/and agave fructans) were incorporated …

Abstract Background and Scope Agaves played a central role as multi-use plants providing
food, fibre and beverage to pre-contact and historical Mesoamerican cultures. However …