Technologies

Agricultural Sciences

Title:

Production of nutraceuticals from agricultural byproducts

Area:

Agricultural Sciences

Sub Area:

nutraceuticals

Focus Area:

Agriculture

Developing Agency:

National Institute of Animal Nutrition and Physiology (NIANP), Bengaluru

Technology Readiness Index:

Technology developed

Email:

ashis1966@rediffmail.com
Website Link :http://nianp.res.in/static/docs/nianp-technologies.pdf

Brief Description

Description :

The principal lies on the solubilization of xylan from agricultural byproducts in alkali medium followed by their recovery by alcohol precipitation. The xylan is the precursor of xylooligosaccharides. It is further hydrolyzed enzymatically in to xylooligosaccharides with low degree of polymerization viz. 2 - 3

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