Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Aquatic Product Processing and Safety, Guangdong Province Engineering Laboratory for Marine Biological Products, Guangdong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center of Seafood, Guangdong Provincial Science and Technology Innovation Center for Subtropical Fruit and Vegetable Processing, College of Food Science and Technology, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang 524088, China.
Postgraduate College, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang 524088, China.
Molecules. 2023 Feb 7;28(4):1613. doi: 10.3390/molecules28041613.
Polysaccharides are important components of higher plants and have attracted increasing attention due to their many nutraceutical benefits in humans. Fructans, heterogeneous fructose polymers that serve as storage carbohydrates in various plants, represent one of the most important types of natural polysaccharides. Fructans have various physiological and therapeutic effects, which are beneficial to health, and have the ability to prevent or treat various diseases, allowing their wide use in the food, nutraceutical, and pharmaceutical industries. This article reviews the occurrence, metabolism, preparation, characterisation, analysis, and bioactivity of fructans. Further, their molecular weight, monosaccharide composition, linkages, and structural determination are described. Taken together, this review provides a theoretical foundation for further research into the structure-function relationships of fructans, as well as valuable new information and directions for further research and application of fructans in functional foods.
多糖是高等植物的重要组成部分，由于其在人类营养方面的诸多益处，越来越受到关注。果聚糖是一种不均一的果糖聚合物，作为各种植物的储存碳水化合物，是最重要的天然多糖之一。果聚糖具有多种生理和治疗作用，对健康有益，并具有预防或治疗各种疾病的能力，因此被广泛应用于食品、营养保健品和制药行业。本文综述了果聚糖的发生、代谢、制备、特性、分析和生物活性。此外，还描述了它们的分子量、单糖组成、键合和结构测定。总的来说，这篇综述为进一步研究果聚糖的结构-功能关系提供了理论基础，也为进一步研究和应用果聚糖作为功能性食品提供了有价值的新信息和方向。
