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New perspectives for banana peel polysaccharides and their conversion to oligosaccharides

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FOOD RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL
Volume 149, Issue -, Pages -

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DOI: 10.1016/j.foodres.2021.110706

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Pectin oligosaccharides; Xylooligosaccharides; Cello-oligosaccharides; Prebiotic

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  1. CAPES-PRINT [88887.310560/2018-00472]

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Banana peel is a source of polysaccharides that can be converted into oligomers with important technical, functional, and biological activities. Studies have shown that pectin and cellulose oligosaccharides from banana peel may have potential prebiotic activity. Technologies for fractionation and extraction of polysaccharides can be used to explore the production of functional oligosaccharides from banana peel.
Banana peel is a source of polysaccharides: pectin, hemicellulose and cellulose. Recent studies have shown that these carbohydrate fractions can be converted into oligomers, which have applications in food, feed and pharmaceuticals, claiming important technical, functional and biological activities. Potential prebiotic activity of pectin and cellulose oligosaccharides obtained from banana peel was already reported. Based on technologies developed for fractionation and extraction of polysaccharides, such as pectin, hemicellulose and cellulose, banana peel can be explored to obtain functional oligosaccharides.

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