Table 1.
Dietary polysaccharides and their breakdown products
|
Polysaccharide |
Degradation products |
Reference |
|---|---|---|
|
Starch |
Glucose, maltose, trehalose |
[130, 131] |
|
Inulin |
Fructose, glucose, sucrose |
[132] |
|
Pectin |
Glucose, arabinose, galactose, xylose, mannose, fructose |
[133] |
|
Arabinogalactan |
Arabinose, galactose |
[134] |
|
Mucin |
N-acetylglucosamine, galactose, fucose, amino acids |
[135] |
|
Xylan |
Xylose, arabinose |
[136] |
|
Cellulose |
Glucose |
[137] |
|
β-glucan |
Glucose |
[137] |
|
Xanthan |
Glucose, mannose, glucuronic acid |
[137] |