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Preparation of Inulin from Chicory Roots

@inproceedings{Gupta2003PreparationOI,
  title={Preparation of Inulin from Chicory Roots},
  author={A. Gupta and N. Kaur},
  year={2003}
}

A. Gupta, N. Kaur, N. Kaur

Published 2003

Chemistry

roots by differential precipitation with ethanol (0-20, 20-40 and 40-60 per cent) from the aqueous extract of sun-dried roots, by melting the frozen chicory root extract and by removing the oligo-fructosachharides from chicory roots with 20 per cent ethanol. Different inulin preparations so obtained are compared with some of the commercial inulin preparations. Sun-dried roots are as good as the fresh roots for isolation of inulin hut roots dried in an oven (80-90"C) have lower inulin content… CONTINUE READING

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