The effects of two sugar alcohols on feed utilization, digesta retention, gut fermentation and serum lipid profiles were compared in normal and cecectomized rats to examine the possibility of the cecectomized rat as an experimental animal with relevance to humans. Semi-purified diets containing no sugar alcohol, 7% sorbitol or 7% lactitol were fed to normal and cecectomized rats for 16 days. Th...

While experimental and observational studies suggest that sugar intake is associated with the development of type 2 diabetes, independent of its role in obesity, it is unclear whether alterations in sugar intake can account for differences in diabetes prevalence among overall populations. Using econometric models of repeated cross-sectional data on diabetes and nutritional components of food fr...

Great effort has been devoted to the development of new strategies for glycosidic coupling owing to the growing importance of synthetic oligosaccharides in glycobiology.1 In the past decades, methods for construction of glycosidic linkages have progressed considerably.2 However, compared to the synthesis of oligopeptides and oligonucleotides, the synthesis of oligosaccharides is still laborious...


 Indonesia as a tropical country has various types of fruit. One the famous fruits in is salak. Salak bali (Salacca zalacca Var. ambonensi) one local varieties salak Bali. contains protein, carbohydrates, fat, calcium, phosphorus, iron and vitamin C. In addition, sucrose, fructose, glucose. The sugar contained will be used for fermentation to produce new products that increase selling val...

Deciding when to harvest the grapes is one of the most important choices that a winemaker or vineyard manager has to make. Sugar level in the grapes is often used as a maturity index, but sugar level at maturity is variable depending on the climate of the region where the grapes are grown and, therefore, is an inadequate indicator by itself. Others use the sugar to acid ratio or the color of th...

The development of grape varieties with cold resistance can be an advantage for the wine industry. ‘Beimei’, interspecific hybrid variety and pleasant rose aroma, is now extensively cultivated in China. In present study, berry quality traits metabolites ‘Beimei’ other “Bei” were characterized. sugar (234 g/L–391 g/L) acid (6.2–8.3 contents four additional varieties, i.e., ‘Beihong’, ‘Beixi’, ‘B...

Alcohol is one of the chemicals produced from plants that contains starch, sugar and lignocellulose. Alcohols containing lignocellulose are usually referred to as bioethanol. In general, ethanol/bioethanol has very broad benefits such being used raw material for alcohol-derived industries, basic ingredients pharmaceutical industry, an antiseptic, a preservative, solvent can also be fuel mixture...

Alcohol production at the laboratory scale from sugar cane pieces by the EX-FERM technique was studied with 37 strains of Saccharomyces spp. The EX-FERM process is novel in that it employs the simultaneous extraction and fermentation of the sucrose in a cane-water suspension. Two types of cane treatments were used: chips and shredded pith, either fresh or dried. A mother culture of the yeast wa...

Asavas and aristas are produced by fermentation. The usual fermenting period as per the texts is one month. But the Ayurvedic practitioners believe that prolonged incubation results in increased alcohol content of the products. Candanasava was prepared and studied to examine whether these claims are tenable. Maximum alcohol production (9.8%) in 30 days was reached in the earthen pot. With the p...

The inhibitors present in dilute acid-treated lignocellulosic hydrolysates would show great effect on the growth and product formation of microorganisms. To understand their inhibitory law and mechanism on oleaginous microorganism could help improving the efficiency of lignocellulose hydrolysis, detoxification, and lipid fermentation. The effects of four representative alcohol compounds present...