TY - JOUR
T1 - The forgotten sugar
T2 - A review on multifarious applications of melezitose
AU - Behera, Prapti
AU - Balaji, Seetharaman
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Centre of Innovative Science, Engineering and Education (CISEE) , Karnataka Science and Technology Promotion Society (KSTePS), Karnataka, India [No. VGST/GRD-533/2016-17/241 ].
Funding Information:
The first author is grateful to the Manipal Academy of Higher Education for providing TMA Pai Doctoral Scholarship.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Elsevier Ltd
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Copyright 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2021/2
Y1 - 2021/2
N2 - Although, 187 years elapsed after the discovery of melezitose, it is a high time to deduce some solid applications as there are only 13 more years left to celebrate a double century of this sugar. The forgotten sugar has multifarious applications; it is used as a metabolic marker to differentiate melezitose fermenting microorganisms, as a carbon source to culture specific microorganisms, as a potential surfactant and excipient to stabilize pharmaceuticals, as a lyoprotectant or cryoprotectant for several industrial applications, as an edibility enhancer in food industry, as a hair smoothening agent in cosmetic industry, and provide protective & nourishing effects in fisheries and aquaculture industries. In entomological research, it is used to study niche differentiation, increased longevity of insects and also as a biocontrol agent. This review brings out the best possible applications of melezitose and present in the form of a mnemonic to remember this forgotten sugar.
AB - Although, 187 years elapsed after the discovery of melezitose, it is a high time to deduce some solid applications as there are only 13 more years left to celebrate a double century of this sugar. The forgotten sugar has multifarious applications; it is used as a metabolic marker to differentiate melezitose fermenting microorganisms, as a carbon source to culture specific microorganisms, as a potential surfactant and excipient to stabilize pharmaceuticals, as a lyoprotectant or cryoprotectant for several industrial applications, as an edibility enhancer in food industry, as a hair smoothening agent in cosmetic industry, and provide protective & nourishing effects in fisheries and aquaculture industries. In entomological research, it is used to study niche differentiation, increased longevity of insects and also as a biocontrol agent. This review brings out the best possible applications of melezitose and present in the form of a mnemonic to remember this forgotten sugar.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.carres.2021.108248
DO - 10.1016/j.carres.2021.108248
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85099950493
SN - 0008-6215
VL - 500
JO - Carbohydrate Research
JF - Carbohydrate Research
M1 - 108248
ER -