We report rheological characterisation of hydrogels formed by highly substituted brush-like arabinoxylans from Plantago ovata seed mucilage. Two arabinoxlyan fractions with similar molecular weight and linkage compositions are chosen to form gels distinct properties but a network structure. Small large amplitude oscillatory shear rheology is used characterise the sol-gel transition as function ...

Extraction of cellulose and hemicellulose from natural resources has attracted considerable interest. In comparison to other cereals, there is relatively little knowledge on the cellulose, lignin content sorghum by-products. As such, aims this study were develop a multi-step process for by-products (bran, stalk panicles) fractionation characterise them with regards their physicochemical propert...

Barley grains contain a variable amount of biologically active compounds such as non-starch polysaccharides and phenol compounds. These are important in nutrition due to their significant health benefits technological role food. We developed predictive models for ?-glucans (BG), arabinoxylans (AX), bound phenols (BP), free (FP), anthocyanins (AN) based on near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) using...

Polysaccharide-based carriers have become attractive materials for the delivery of therapeutics targeting colon. Ferulated arabinoxylans (AX)—polysaccharides with gelling and antioxidant capacities that can be degraded by colonic microbiota—are ideal candidates use as oral drug systems [1]. Recently, AX-based microspheres demonstrated potential applications colon-targeted [2,3]. The non-cytotox...