Inulin-Amino Acids

Biology and Chemistry of Jerusalem Artichoke Helianthus tuberosus L. 

The cyanoethylation of polysaccharides has been studied extensively in starch and cellulose. The hydroxyl groups (typically the C-4) on the molecule react with acrylonitrile in the presence of alkali to form a cyanoethyl ester. O-Cyanoethylated cellulose is used in the paper industry to enhance the mechanical strength, heat resistance, and microbiological resistance of the paper. Cyanoethylated starch is used in the textile industry. 

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Butenediol Succinic acid Lactic acid Inulin esters O-Succinoylated inulin Methylated inulin Inulin carbonates 0-(Carboxymethyl)inulin Inulin ethers Dialdehyde inulin Inulin carbamates Inulin-amino acids 0-(Cyanoethyl)inulin... 

Codonopsis pilosula (Franch.) Nannfeldt C. tangshen Oliv. China Taraxeryl acetate, friedelin, n-butyl allophanate, inulin, sucrose, amino acids, stigmasterol, spinasterol, methyl palmitate, taraxerol.48 For amnesia, anorexia, asthma, cachexia, cancer, impotence, insomnia, palpitations. 

Laurencin and coworkers213 have used a different approach to control the rate of bioerosion of polymers with amino acid ester side groups. They used hydrophobic 4-methylphenoxy cosubstituents ( 50%) to slow the rate of hydrolysis, and these polymers were employed to study the rate of release of inulin. Similar polymers are also being developed by the same investigators as tissue engineering substrates for bone regeneration.214"218... 

Sodium bicarbonate, sodium chloride, glucose, amino acids, and other organic solutes are reabsorbed via specific transport systems in the early proximal tubule. Water is reabsorbed passively so as to maintain nearly constant osmolality of proximal tubular fluid. As tubule fluid is processed along the length of the proximal tubule, the luminal concentrations of the solutes decrease relative to the concentration of inulin, an experimental marker that is neither secreted nor absorbed by renal tubules (Figure 15-2). Approximately 85% of the filtered sodium bicarbonate, 40% of the sodium chloride, 60% of the water, and virtually all of the filtered organic solutes are reabsorbed in the proximal tubule. 

FIGURE 5.6 Synthesis of inulin ethers, dialdehyde-inulin, inulin carbamates, and inulin coupled to amino acids. 

Cieslik, E., Amino acid content of Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus L.) tubers before and after storage, in Proceedings of the 7th Seminar on Inulin, Leuven, Belgium, 1998a, pp. 86-87. 

The following substrates were used to assess blood-brain barrier transport systems L-lysine and L-histidine (basic and neutral amino acid systems, respectively), adenine (purine base), thiamine (vitamin), choline (amine), pyruvate (monocarboxylic acid) and 3-hydroxybutyrate (ketone body). Tracer levels of the C-labelled substrates (Amersham International pic) were added to the perfusate at 0.3-1.2 /iCi/ml together with pH]inulin at l.OjUCi/ml as intravascular marker. Following a net perfusion time of 18.5 s, the animal was decapitated. The brain was rapidly removed, sliced into 2 mm coronal sections and quick-frozen on solid CO2. Each slice was dissected on a freezing... 

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