Fructans: Beneficial for Plants and Humans

Overview

Journal Curr Opin Plant Biol

Specialty Biology

Date 2003 May 20

PMID 12753971

Citations 58

Authors

Tita Ritsema

Sjef Smeekens

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Abstract

The recent cloning of genes encoding fructosyltransferases and fructan exohydrolases has been a major breakthrough in fructan research. Now, fructan metabolism and fructosyltransferase enzymes can be studied at the molecular level. In addition, fructan synthesis and breakdown can be adapted in such a way that tailor-made fructans are produced in plants for use as healthy food ingredients.

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