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Prebiotic Potential of Xylo-Oligosaccharides

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Prebiotics and Probiotics Science and Technology

Abstract

Xylo-oligosaccharides (XOS) are chains of xylose molecules linked with β1–4 bonds (Figure 8.1 ) with degree of polymerization ranging from 2 to 10.

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Abbreviations

ACF :

aberrant crypt foci

AcXOS :

acetylated xylo-oligosaccharides

AXOS :

arabinoxylo-oligosaccharides

DMH :

1,2-dimethylhydrazine

dp :

degree of polymerization

FOS :

fructo-oligosaccharides

GlcA(me)XOS :

xylo-oligosaccharides containing a 4-O-methylglucuronic acid group

GOS :

galacto-oligosaccharides

IMO :

isomalto-oligosaccharides

nXOS :

non-substituted xylo-oligosaccharides

OD :

optical density

SCFA :

short chain fatty acids

SOS :

soybean oligosaccharides

TOS :

transgalacto-oligosaccharides

XOS :

xylo-oligosaccharides

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Mäkeläinen, H., Juntunen, M., Hasselwander, O. (2009). Prebiotic Potential of Xylo-Oligosaccharides. In: Charalampopoulos, D., Rastall, R.A. (eds) Prebiotics and Probiotics Science and Technology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-79058-9_8

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