May
2003
Volume
80
Number
3
Pages
252
—
254
Authors
Pingyi
Zhang
,
1
Qian
Zhang
,
1
and
Roy L.
Whistler
1
,
2
Affiliations
Whistler Center for Carbohydrate Research, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907.
Corresponding author. Fax: 765-494-7953. E-mail: rwhistler@purdue.edu.
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Accepted November 15, 2002.
Abstract
ABSTRACT
Arabinofuranosyl groups are present in many hemicelluloses as single or multiple units attached to the main xylan or galactan chain where they are sensitive to acid hydrolysis. Under acidic conditions of the human stomach, up to 10% of the L-arabinose is released from the hemicellulose of corn hull, larch wood, and banana peel hemicellulose.
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This article is in the public domain and not copyrightable. It may be freely reprinted with customary crediting of the source. American Association of Cereal Chemists, Inc., 2003.