title: Enzymatic polishing of cereal grains for improved nutrient retainment.
abstract: Consumer acceptance of food products is largely driven by the dietary and functional quality of their ingredients. Though whole cereal grains are well known for bioactive components, scientists are facing dire need for better technologies to prevent the nutritional losses incurred through the conventional food processing technologies. Application of enzyme for depolymerisation of carbohydrates present in bran layer of grain is becoming an efficient method for phenolic mobilization and dietary fiber solubilisation. The present article emphasizes deep insights about the application of enzyme as an alternative technology for cereal grain processing to improve the product quality while forbidding the nutritional losses in an eco-friendly manner.
authors.affiliation: Microbial Biotechnology and Downstream Processing Laboratory, Agricultural and Food Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, 721302 India.
authors.forename: Anshu
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.affiliation: Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, 721302 India.
authors.forename: Sandipan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Karmakar
authors.affiliation: Microbial Biotechnology and Downstream Processing Laboratory, Agricultural and Food Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, 721302 India.
authors.forename: B Samuel
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Jacob
authors.affiliation: Microbial Biotechnology and Downstream Processing Laboratory, Agricultural and Food Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, 721302 India.
authors.forename: Patrali
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bhattacharya
authors.affiliation: Microbial Biotechnology and Downstream Processing Laboratory, Agricultural and Food Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, 721302 India.
authors.forename: S P Jeevan
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.affiliation: Microbial Biotechnology and Downstream Processing Laboratory, Agricultural and Food Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, 721302 India.
authors.forename: Rintu
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Banerjee
keywords: Cellulases; Cereals; Dietary fiber; Enzymatic polishing; Phenolic antioxidants; Xylanases