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- Title
Isolation and Structural Characterisation of Okara Polysaccharides.
- Authors
Bo Li; Fei Lu; Haijuan Nan; Yang Liu
- Abstract
Okara is a byproduct generated during tofu or soymilk production processes. Crude polysaccharide (yield 56.8%) was isolated by removing fat, protein and low molecular weight carbohydrates from initial okara. Crude okara polysaccharide was further divided into four soluble fractions and an insoluble residue fraction by extracting with 0.05 M EDTA + NH4 oxalate, 0.05 M NaOH, 1 M NaOH and 4 M NaOH, with yields of 7.7%, 3.6%, 20.7%, 16.0% and 27.9%, respectively. Arabinose, galactose, galacturonic acid, xylose and glucose (only for the insoluble fraction) were the major constituent sugars. The primary sugar residues of okara polysaccharides were 1,4-linked β-galactopyranose, 1,5- and 1,3-linked α-arabinofuranose, 1,5-linked α-xylofuranose, 1,2-linked, 1,2,4-linked and terminal α-rhamnopyranose (or fucopyranose), and 1,4-linked β-glucopyranose (only for the insoluble fraction), indicating okara polysaccharides might contain galactan, arabinan, arabinogalactan, xylogalacturonan, rhamnogalacturonan, xylan, xyloglucan and cellulose.
- Subjects
NONFERMENTED soyfoods; BIOPOLYMERS; MONOSACCHARIDES; CARBOHYDRATES; POLYSACCHARIDES
- Publication
Molecules, 2012, Vol 17, Issue 1, p753
- ISSN
1420-3049
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/molecules17010753