Table 1.

Malto-oligosaccharide (MOS) production by different enzyme and treatment processes.

Process	Time (h)	Maltotriose (%) (DP3)	Maltotetraose (%) (DP4)	Maltopentaose (%) (DP5)	Total MOS (%)
Liquefaction by MTAA	4	3.32 ± 0.45	2.43 ± 0.32	2.16 ± 0.26	7.91 ± 1.03
Saccharification by Fungamyl 800L	8	5.23 ± 0.32	4.64 ± 0.64	3.83 ± 0.35	13.70 ± 1.31
	13	8.27 ± 0.47	7.36 ± 0.57	6.99 ± 0.75	22.62 ± 1.79
	20	14.21 ± 1.24	12.11 ± 1.04	9.24 ± 1.01	35.56 ± 3.29
	24	14.50 ± 0.45	12.58 ± 0.85	9.63 ± 0.84	36.71 ± 2.14
Simultaneous liquefaction and saccharification by HTAA	4	5.83 ± 0.33	5.41 ± 0.38	3.53 ± 0.33	14.77 ± 1.04
	8	9.20 ± 0.45	7.95 ± 0.59	10.11 ± 0.54	27.26 ± 1.58
	13	14.77 ± 0.75	13.23 ± 0.65	10.93 ± 0.85	38.93 ± 2.25
	20	21.74 ± 1.12	18.84 ± 0.83	11.76 ± 0.93	52.34 ± 2.88
	24	21.54 ± 1.01	17.32 ± 0.73	12.83 ± 0.56	51.69 ± 2.30

Data are expressed as the mean ± standard deviation (SD) from triplicate experiments.