Fructan precipitation from a water/ethanol extract of oats and barley.
Fructan was precipitated from a water and ethanol extract of oat (Avena sativa L.) and barley (Hordeum vulgare L.). The degree of polymerization and response on a differential refractometer, based on peak area and height, was compared to fructan collected from a lead-based HPLC column and to commercially available inulin. Statistically significant differences are discussed.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802.