17 Infrared Spectroscopic Analysis of Food Carbohydrates
17.1 Introduction
17.2 Monosaccharides
17.2.1 Mid-infrared spectra of monosaccharides in aqueous solutions
17.2.2 Mid-infrared spectroscopic analysis of interaction between monosaccharides and water
17.2.3 Analysis of interaction between saccharides and other components
17.3 Oligosaccharides
17.3.1 Mid-infrared spectroscopic analysis of disaccharides in aqueous solutions
17.3.1.1 Mid-infrared spectra of disaccharides in aqueous solutions
17.3.1.2 Mid-infrared spectroscopic analysis of interaction between disaccharides and water
17.3.2 Mid-infrared spectroscopic analysis of maltooligosaccharides in aqueous solutions
17.3.3 Application of mid-infrared spectroscopy for polysaccharides
17.4 Applications
17.4.1 Quantification
17.4.1.1 Quantitative analysis of monosaccharides and disaccharides in juices
17.4.1.2 Estimation of the polymerization degree of maltooligosaccharides by mid-infrared spectroscopy
17.4.2 For actual process – application of yogurt fermentation
17.5 Concluding remarks
References
18 Structural Analysis of Carbohydrates by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy and Molecular Simulations: Application to Human Milk Oligosaccharides
18.1 Introduction
18.1.1 Probiotics and prebiotics
18.1.2 Structures of human milk oligosaccharides
18.2 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance spectroscopy
18.2.1 Nuclear spin-relaxation
18.2.1.1 13C auto-relaxation
18.2.1.2 1H,1H nuclear Overhauser effects
18.2.2 1H,13C and 13C,13C scalar spin-spin coupling constants
18.2.3 1H and 13C residual dipolar couplings
18.2.3.1 Theoretical background
18.2.3.2 Molecular interpretation
18.2.3.3 Experimental considerations
18.3 Molecular dynamics computer simulations
18.4 Three-dimensional structures of human milk oligosaccharides
18.4.1 Lacto-N-neotetraose
18.4.2 Lacto-N-fucopentaose 1
18.4.3 Lacto-N-fucopentaose 2
18.5 Concluding remarks
Acknowledgments
References
19 Analysis of Food Bioactive Oligosaccharides by Thin-Layer Chromatography
19.1 Introduction
19.2 Thin-layer chromatography
19.3 Thin-layer chromatography analysis of food bioactive oligosaccharides
19.3.1 Sample preparation
19.3.2 Chromatographic system (Stationary and mobile phases)
19.3.2.1 Thin-layer chromatography and high-performance thin-layer chromatography silica gel layers
19.3.2.2 Amino-bonded silica gel thin-layers
19.3.2.3 Cellulose thin-layers
19.3.3 Detection (visualization) and quantification of oligosaccharides