Essays about: "Glucans"

Showing result 11 - 13 of 13 essays containing the word Glucans.

1. 11. Incorporation of oat β-glucan in pasta and the effect on product quality

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Food Science

   Author : Tove Brandstedt; [2013]
   Keywords : oat; β-glucan; pasta; cooking quality; prebiotic; functional food;

   Abstract : Consumers’ growing interest in healthy food products has opened up a new market for the food industry. In an attempt to exploit this market there is a constant search for health promoting ingredients which can be incorporated into functional food products. READ MORE

3. 12. Factors affecting Agrobacterium transformation in oat

   University essay from SLU/Plant Breeding and Biotechnology (until 121231)

   Author : Emelie Ivarson; [2011]
   Keywords : Factors; Transformation; Oat; Agrobacterium; Avena sativa;

   Abstract : Oat (Avena sativa L.) is one of the crops that have been cultivated by mankind for the longest time (Lásztity, 1998) and today it is an important and traditional agricultural crop in Northern Europe (Bräutigam et al., 2005). In Sweden, most of the oat is used as feed (Bräutigam et al. READ MORE

4. 13. Hydrolysis and glycosynthase activity studies of laminarinase, Lam16A, wildtype and its catalytic deficient mutants E115G, E115S and E120A from Phanerochaete chrysosporium

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Molecular Biosciences

   Author : Zarah Forsberg; [2009]
   Keywords : Laminarinase 16A Lam16A ; β-glucans; glycoside hydrolases; catalytic deficient mutants; glycosynthases activity; circular oligosaccharides; HPLC; external nucleophiles;

   Abstract : Laminarinase 16A from Phanerochaete chrysosporium is a 36 kDa enzyme with typical endo-β-1,3(4)-glucanase activity, belonging to family 16 of glycoside hydrolases. The catalytic amino acids in the active site are identified as nucleophile Glu 115 and acid/base Glu 120. READ MORE