Prebiotics: definition, types, sources, mechanisms, and clinical applications

D Davani-Davari, M Negahdaripour, I Karimzadeh… - Foods, 2019 - mdpi.com
Prebiotics are a group of nutrients that are degraded by gut microbiota. Their relationship
with human overall health has been an area of increasing interest in recent years. They can …

A review on bioconversion of agro-industrial wastes to industrially important enzymes

R Ravindran, SS Hassan, GA Williams, AK Jaiswal - Bioengineering, 2018 - mdpi.com
Agro-industrial waste is highly nutritious in nature and facilitates microbial growth. Most
agricultural wastes are lignocellulosic in nature; a large fraction of it is composed of …

Potential applications of enzymes immobilized on/in nano materials: A review

SA Ansari, Q Husain - Biotechnology advances, 2012 - Elsevier
Several new types of carriers and technologies have been implemented in the recent past to
improve traditional enzyme immobilization which aimed to enhance enzyme loading, activity …

From protein engineering to immobilization: promising strategies for the upgrade of industrial enzymes

RK Singh, MK Tiwari, R Singh, JK Lee - International journal of molecular …, 2013 - mdpi.com
Enzymes found in nature have been exploited in industry due to their inherent catalytic
properties in complex chemical processes under mild experimental and environmental …

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 …

Superparamagnetic nanoparticles as versatile carriers and supporting materials for enzymes

CGCM Netto, HE Toma, LH Andrade - Journal of Molecular Catalysis B …, 2013 - Elsevier
Enzymes are highly efficient catalysts extensively employed in biotechnology. Among the
many challenging aspects in this area, enzymes are yet difficult to obtain and purify, which …

[HTML][HTML] Chitosan crosslinked with genipin as support matrix for application in food process: Support characterization and β-d-galactosidase immobilization

MP Klein, CR Hackenhaar, ASG Lorenzoni… - Carbohydrate …, 2016 - Elsevier
In order to develop safer processes for the food industry, we prepared a chitosan support
with the naturally occurring crosslinking reagent, genipin, for enzyme. As application model …

Technological aspects of the production of fructo and galacto-oligosaccharides. Enzymatic synthesis and hydrolysis

GN Martins, MM Ureta, EE Tymczyszyn… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Fructo-and galacto-oligosaccharides (FOS and GOS) are non-digestible oligosaccharides
with prebiotic properties that can be incorporated into a wide number of products. This …

Structural and functional stabilization of protein entities: state-of-the-art

VM Balcão, MMDC Vila - Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, 2015 - Elsevier
Within the context of biomedicine and pharmaceutical sciences, the issue of (therapeutic)
protein stabilization assumes particular relevance. Stabilization of protein and protein-like …

Potential Applications of Immobilized β‐Galactosidase in Food Processing Industries

PS Panesar, S Kumari, R Panesar - Enzyme research, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The enzyme β‐galactosidase can be obtained from a wide variety of sources such as
microorganisms, plants, and animals. The use of β‐galactosidase for the hydrolysis of …