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ArticleFrontiers in microbiology2021

Production and Characterization of High Value Prebiotics From Biorefinery-Relevant Feedstocks.

Kalavathy Rajan, Doris H D'Souza, Keonhee Kim, Joseph Moon Choi, Thomas Elder, Danielle Julie Carrier, Nicole Labbé

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Article in Frontiers in microbiology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 26% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Prebiotics in Global and Mexican Fish Aquaculture: A Review.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Kalavathy RajanCenter for Renewable Carbon, The University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture, Knoxville, TN, United States.
Doris H D'SouzaDepartment of Food Science, The University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture, Knoxville, TN, United States.
Keonhee KimCenter for Renewable Carbon, The University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture, Knoxville, TN, United States.
Joseph Moon ChoiDepartment of Food Science, The University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture, Knoxville, TN, United States.
Thomas ElderUSDA-Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Auburn, AL, United States.
Danielle Julie CarrierDepartment of Biosystems Engineering and Soil Science, The University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture, Knoxville, TN, United States.
Nicole LabbéCenter for Renewable Carbon, The University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture, Knoxville, TN, United States.
University of Tennessee at Knoxville · USSouthern Research Station · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hemicellulose, a structural polysaccharide and often underutilized co-product stream of biorefineries, could be used to produce prebiotic ingredients with novel functionalities. Since hot water pre-extraction is a cost-effective strategy for integrated biorefineries to partially fractionate hemicellulose and improve feedstock quality and performance for downstream operations, the approach was applied to process switchgrass (SG), hybrid poplar (HP), and southern pine (SP) biomass at 160°C for 60 min. As a result, different hemicellulose-rich fractions were generated and the chemical characterization studies showed that they were composed of 76-91% of glucan, xylan, galactan, arabinan, and mannan oligosaccharides. The hot water extracts also contained minor concentrations of monomeric sugars (≤18%), phenolic components (≤1%), and other degradation products (≤3%), but were tested for probiotic activity without any purification. When subjected to batch fermentations by individual cultures of

Indexed as

Bacteroides fragilisbatch fermentationBifidobacterium bifidumHemicellulosic oligosaccharides, hybrid poplar, switchgrass, southern pineLactobacillus casei

Identifiers

PMID33995339
PMCPMC8116503
OpenAlexW3158107214

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