@article{1434048,
      author = {Mu, Wanmeng, and Zhang, Wenli, and Chen, Qiuming,},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1434048},
      title = {Novel enzymes for functional carbohydrates production :  from scientific research to application in health food  industry /},
      abstract = {This book focuses on the latest research and new  techniques in the field of functional carbohydrate-related  enzymes. Carbohydrates are a key form of energy for most  organisms. The "good" carbohydrates generally refer to  functional carbohydrates. In addition to the low or  moderate energy-supplying function, they have more  nutritious value than traditional carbohydrates and some of  them also have health-promoting effects especially  prebiotic actions. Several enzymatic methods for the  synthesis of such carbohydrates have been discovered and  developed in the recent decades, providing a new range of  application areas for these novel enzymes. This book  addresses the classification of functional  carbohydrate-related enzymes and the overall development in  food enzyme in Chapter 1. Chapters 2-5 describe the  isomerases or epimerases involved in the production of rare  sugars, such as D-allulose, D-mannose, D-tagatose, and  D-allose. While the studies of the enzymes related to  fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS) and galacto-oligosaccharides  (GOS) dominate the scientific literature in the field of  enzymatic production of health-functional oligosaccharides,  some enzymes also show promise for the emerging  oligosaccharide production, which are introduced in  Chapters 6-8. Chapters 9-12 summarize the new enzymatic  technologies and applications in fructan- and  glycan-related industries. The last Chapter gives an  overall prospective on the trends of enzymatic functional  carbohydrate production. This book is a valuable resource  for researchers and graduate students in the fields of  biotechnology, enzyme engineering, and carbohydrate  production, as well as the health industry},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-6021-1},
      recid = {1434048},
      pages = {1 online resource},
}