DETERMINATION OF INULIN AND FRUCTOOLIGOSACCHARIDES COMPOSITION IN SELECTED PLANT

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt.

2 Departments of Nutrition, National Research Center, Giza, Egypt.

Abstract

lnulin and Fructooligosaccharides (FOS) are naturally occurring sugars with
potentially beneficial nutritional effect. High-Performance Liquid Chromatogram
(HPLC) was developed to measure lnulin and F03 in selected vegetables and crops.
HPLC separation showed that inulin content ranged between 1.35 -33.8% ;whereby
the lowest value was found in barley, var. Giza 126 and wheat, the highest content
was found in Chicory and Garlic. Total FOS content ranged between 0.22~27%, the
lowest value was found in wheat bran, the highest was found in onion.

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