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Fructans

Known as: Fructans [Chemical/Ingredient], Levans, fructan 
Polysaccharides composed of D-fructose units.
National Institutes of Health

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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Effect of levan's branching structure on antitumor activity.
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Analysis of fructans from higher plants by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry.
In this communication both matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry (MALDI-MS) and high-performance anion… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Purification and Characterization of the Enzymes of Fructan Biosynthesis in Tubers of Helianthus tuberosus Colombia (II. Purification of Sucrose:Sucrose 1-Fructosyltransferase and Reconstitution of…
Sucrose:sucrose 1-fructosyltransferase (1-SST), an enzyme involved in fructan biosynthesis, was purified to homogeneity from… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Fructan as a New Carbohydrate Sink in Transgenic Potato Plants.
Fructans are polyfructose molecules that function as nonstructural storage carbohydrates in several plant species that are… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Analysis of the linkage positions in D-fructofuranosyl residues by the reductive-cleavage method.
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Structure of extracellular water-soluble polysaccharides synthesized from sucrose by oral strains of Streptococcus mutans, Streptococcus salivarius, Streptococcus sanguis and Actinomyces viscosus.
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Presence of a third sucrose hydrolyzing enzyme in Bacillus subtilis: constitutive levanase synthesis by mutants of Bacillus subtilis Marburg 168.
Review
1970
Review
1970
Effects of endotoxins on susceptibility to infections.
Endotoxins can alter susceptibility to many infections and have provided an important tool for investigation of the mechanisms of… 
Highly Cited
1968
Highly Cited
1968
Hydrolysis of levan by human plaque streptococci.
Highly Cited
1946
Highly Cited
1946
FORMATION OF SEROLOGICALLY REACTIVE DEXTRANS BY STREPTOCOCCI FROM SUBACUTE BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS
Serologically reactive dextrans were synthesized from sucrose by 22 of 48 strains of streptococci isolated from the blood of… 
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