title: Amylolytic breakdown of Lycasin compared with other carbohydrate derivatives.
abstract: Lycasin, its parent glucose syrup, maize starch and sorbitol were subjected to the action of a specific amyloglucosidase at 37 degrees C, and samples were analysed at set intervals for D-glucose and total reducing sugars. Glucose syrup was hydrolysed rapidly and completely to D-glucose, but Lycasin produced only 40-50% as much, and D-glucose production ceased after the first 2-4 h. Dimers of linked D-glucose and sorbitol units remaining after degradation of the Lycasin oligosaccharides were cleaved at a much lower rate by the amyloglucosidase.
mesh_terms: D002327:Cariostatic Agents; D005087:Glucan 1,4-alpha-Glucosidase / Q000378:metabolism*; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D013012:Sorbitol / Q000378:metabolism*; D013213:Starch / Q000378:metabolism*; D013402:Sugar Alcohols / Q000378:metabolism*; D013549:Sweetening Agents / Q000378:metabolism*; D013997:Time Factors; D003313:Zea mays
chemical_list: D002327:Cariostatic Agents; D013402:Sugar Alcohols; D013549:Sweetening Agents; D013012:Sorbitol; D013213:Starch; C014646:Lycasin; D005087:Glucan 1,4-alpha-Glucosidase; D005947:Glucose