Technologies
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 |