TY - JOUR
T1 - Inulin - a versatile polysaccharide with multiple pharmaceutical and food chemical uses
AU - Barclay, Thomas
AU - Ginic-Markovic, Milena
AU - Cooper, Peter
AU - Petrovsky, Nikolai
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - α-D-glucopyranosyl-[β-D-fructofuranosyl](n-1)-D-fructofuranoside, commonly referred to as inulin, is a natural plant-derived polysaccharide with a diverse range of food and pharmaceutical applications. It is used by the food industry as a soluble dietary fibre and fat or sugar replacement, and in the pharmaceutical industry as a stabiliser and excipient. It can also be used as a precursor in the synthesis of a wide range of compounds. New uses for inulin are constantly being discovered, with recent research into its use for slow-release drug delivery. Inulin, when in a particulate form, possesses anti-cancer and immune enhancing properties. Given its increasing importance to industry, this review explains how inulin's unique physico-chemical properties bestow it with many useful pharmaceutical applications.
AB - α-D-glucopyranosyl-[β-D-fructofuranosyl](n-1)-D-fructofuranoside, commonly referred to as inulin, is a natural plant-derived polysaccharide with a diverse range of food and pharmaceutical applications. It is used by the food industry as a soluble dietary fibre and fat or sugar replacement, and in the pharmaceutical industry as a stabiliser and excipient. It can also be used as a precursor in the synthesis of a wide range of compounds. New uses for inulin are constantly being discovered, with recent research into its use for slow-release drug delivery. Inulin, when in a particulate form, possesses anti-cancer and immune enhancing properties. Given its increasing importance to industry, this review explains how inulin's unique physico-chemical properties bestow it with many useful pharmaceutical applications.
KW - Adjuvant
KW - Excipient
KW - Fructose
KW - Inulin
KW - Polysaccharide
KW - Vaccine
UR - http://ojs.abo.fi/index.php/jefc/article/view/40/44
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=79952076799&partnerID=8YFLogxK
M3 - Article
SN - 2150-2668
VL - 1
SP - 27
EP - 50
JO - Journal of Excipients and Food Chemicals
JF - Journal of Excipients and Food Chemicals
IS - 3
ER -