Prebiotics starch

Isomaltooligosaccharides (as mixtures of different a-glucooligosaccharides) are produced in part by dextransucrases using sucrose as the substrate and maltose as an acceptor. They have been used as sweeteners in Europe and Japan for years, mainly in the field of prebiotics, and dermocosmetics [11-13]. Several different methods can be used to produce them by using such carbohydrates as sucrose, maltose, starch, and dextran. For the industrial production of a-glucooligosaccharides with sucrose as the substrate and maltose as the acceptor by one specific dextransucrase (of L. mesenteroides NRRL B-1299), the kinetic behavior of the enzyme has been characterized in order to optimize the synthesis [14]. 

Brown IL, Yotsuzuka M, Birkett A, Henriksson A. Prebiotics, synbiotics and resistant starch. J Jpn Assoc Dietary Fiber Res 2006 10 1-9. 

Topping DL, Fukushima M, and Bird AR (2003) Resistant starch as a prebiotic and synbiotic state of the art. Proceedings of the Nutrition Society 62 171-176. 

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