Production of fructose syrups from inulin-containing plants

The Estimation of Fructose, Sucrose, and Inulin

The Estimation of Fructose, Sucrose, and Inulin

Effects of fructose 2,6-bisphosphate on phosphoglucomutase from plants.

Fructose 2,6-bisphosphate affects phosphoglucomutase from plant and animal sources in a similar way. As previously found with rabbit muscle phosphoglucomutase, fructose 2,6-bisphosphate cannot substitute for glucose 1,6-bisphosphate as a cofactor in the reaction catalyzed by phosphoglucomutase from potato tubers, pea seeds, and string-beans. In the presence of glucose 1,6-bisphosphate, fructose...

Potential Health Risks From Beverages Containing Fructose Found in Sugar or High-Fructose Corn Syrup

F ructose is a sweet tasting sugar that is found naturally in fruits and some vegetables and has been part of the human diet—in modest amounts—for eons. The increasing consumption of sugar has dramatically increased our exposure to fructose (1). Sugar consumption has risen more than 40-fold since the Declaration of Independence was signed 250 years ago, andmore than 40% of the added sugars in o...

Phase modifiers promote efficient production of hydroxymethylfurfural from fructose.

Furan derivatives obtained from renewable biomass resources have the potential to serve as substitutes for the petroleum-based building blocks that are currently used in the production of plastics and fine chemicals. We developed a process for the selective dehydration of fructose to 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) that operates at high fructose concentrations (10 to 50 weight %), achieves high y...