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Dental caries suppression effect of highly branched and modified oligosaccharides

  • Seo, Eun-Seong;Park, Hyeon-Jeong;Kim, Ji-Hui;Lee, Gi-Yeong;Kim, Do-Man
    • 한국생물공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2002.04a
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    • pp.239-242
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    • 2002
  • We have synthesized branched oligosaccharides (BOS) by the mixed-culture fermentation (MBOS), fructosyltransferase (FBOS) or glucosyltransferase (GBOS) with high concentration of sucrose (3M). MBOS was further modified as iron and sulfate-oligosaccharides. The modified MBOS were stable at high temperatures (up to $140^{\circ}C$) and low pHs (2 to 4). Most highly branched and modified oligosaccharide (0.34%, w/v) effectively inhibited fructose release from sucrose by Streptococcus mutans 6715 mutansucrase. FBOS, GBOS, iron-MBOS inhibited the mutansucrase activities from Streptococcus sobrinus about 46.8%, 49.2% and 43.1%, respectively. Most highly branched and modified oligo- saccharides (0.5%, w/v) effectively inhibited the fonnation of insoluble glucan and adherence of S. mutans or S. sobrinus cell in the presence of sucrose. Modified oligosaccharides affected the growth and acid production of oral pathogens. Cytotoxicity test showed that highly branched and modified oligosaccharides was non-toxic.

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Low Cariogenicity of Maltosyl-erythritol, Major Transglycosylation Product of Erythritol, by Bacillus stearothermophilus Maltogenic Amylase

  • Jeon, Eun-Joo;Jung, Il-Hun;Cho, Kil-Soon;Seo, Eun-Sung;Kim, Do-Man;Lee, Sung-Joon;Park, Kwan-Hwa;Moon, Tae-Wha
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • v.13 no.5
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    • pp.815-818
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    • 2003
  • Maltosyl(G2)-erythritol, produced by the transglycosylation reaction of erythritol with maltotriose by Bacillus stearothermophilus maltogenic amylase, was not utilized either as a substrate for lactic acid production or for water-insoluble glucan synthesis. An inhibition assay of dextransucrase and mutansucrase showed that the dental caries suppression effect of G2-erythritol was greater than that of erythritol.