What is it about?
The seeds of the acai fruit, a topical superfruit, make up more than 80% of the fruit's mass and are wasted. The seeds are rich in mannans, which can be hydrolyzed to produce mannan oligosaccharides, prebiotic materials widely used in animal feed and with similar potential in human nutrition. In this work, these prebiotics were produced using an enzymatic cocktail rich in mannanases.
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Why is it important?
Short-chain mannose oligosaccharides are added to animal feed to reduce intestinal infections in animals. It appears that they would serve the same purpose in humans. Producing them from a waste material using enzymes that can be reused has attractive economic potential with positive effects on the environment, animal and human health.
Perspectives
The immobilized enzyme material and system is inexpensive to produce and supports a number of reuses, not only for the enzymes used in the article, but also for other types of enzymes and applications.
Carlos Orrego
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
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This page is a summary of: Production of Mannooligosaccharides from Açaí Seed by Immobilized β-Mannanase, Processes, April 2024, MDPI AG,
DOI: 10.3390/pr12050847.
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