Research Article
Factors Involved in the In Vitro Fermentability of Short Carbohydrates in Static Faecal Batch Cultures
Table 1
Substrates used in faecal batch culture experiments to determine influence of chain length, composition, and linkage on fermentation time.
| Sugar | DP | Monomer(s) | Linkage | Substitution/derivatisation | Manufacturer |
| D-glucose | 1 | D-glucose | | | Sigma | D-mannose | 1 | D-mannose | | | Sigma | L-rhamnose | 1 | L-rhamnose | | 6-Deoxy-D-mannose | Sigma | D-arabinose | 1 | D-arabinose | | | Sigma | L-arabinose | 1 | L-arabinose | | | Merck | D-xylose | 1 | D-xylose | | | Sigma | L-xylose | 1 | L-xylose | | | Fluka | D-fucose | 1 | D-galactose | | Reduction (6-Deoxy-D-galactose) | Fluka | D-galactose | 1 | D-galactose | | | Merck | Lactose | 2 | D-glucose, D-galactose | β1-4 | | Sigma | Lactulose | 2 | D-galactose, D-fructose | β1-4 | | Sigma | Sucrose | 2 | D-glucose, D-fructose | α1-2 | | Sigma | D-maltose | 2 | D-glucose | α1-4 | | Sigma | Isomaltose | 2 | D-glucose | α1-6 | | Sigma | Cellobiose | 2 | D-glucose | β1-4 | | Sigma | Gentiobiose | 2 | D-glucose | β1-6 | | Sigma | Raffinose | 3 | D-galactose, D-glucose, D-fructose | α1-6 α2-1 | | Sigma | Melezitose
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| D-glucose, D-fructose, D-glucose | α1-3 β2-1 | | Sigma | Vivinal-GOS | 1–8 | D-galactose, D-glucose | β1-4, β1-6 | | Royal Friesland Foods | Glucuronic acid | 1 | D-glucose | | Uronic acid (oxidation at C6) | Sigma | Galacturonic acid | 1 | D-galactose, D-fructose | | Uronic acid (oxidation at C6) | Sigma | Glucosamine | 1 | D-glucose | | amine | Sigma | N-acetylated glucosamine | 1 | D-glucose | | Acetylated amine | Sigma | Methyl-β- Galactopyranoside | 1 | D-galactose | | Methylation | Fluka | β-galactose pentaacetate | 1 | D-galactose | | Acetylation | Fluka | Galactitol | 1 | D-galactose | | Reduction (reduction at C1) | Fluka |
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