Process for the Production of Oligosaccharides
OwnerAthanasios K. Goulas, Georgios Tzortzisinventors
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Abstract
A process for producing a prebiotic mixture of galactooligosaccharides from lactose using galactosidase producing bacteria, wherein the bacterial cells may be reused in synthesis reactions without loss of yield of the product.
Claims4
A process for synthesising a galactooligosaccharide mixture comprising disaccharide Gal (α1-6)-Gal, at least one trisaccharide selected from Gal (β1-6)-Gal (β1-4) Glc, Gal (β1-3)-Gal (β31-4)-Glc, tetrasaccharide Gal (β1-6)-Gal (β1-6)-Gal (β1-4) Glc and pentasaccharide Gal (β1-6)-Gal (β1-6)-Gal (β1-6)-Gal (β1-4)-Glc, where Gal represents a galactose residue and Glc represents a glucose residue wherein a culture of Bifidobacterium bifidum cells is added to lactose or a lactose-containing substrate characterised in that said cells are reused in up to eight consecutive synthesis reactions without loss of yield of said galactooligosaccharide mixture.
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