Short-chain β-manno-oligosaccharides from copra meal: structural characterization, prebiotic potential and anti-glycation activity

Food Funct. 2022 Apr 4;13(7):4086-4100. doi: 10.1039/d2fo00013j.

Abstract

Size-exclusion chromatography, HR-ESI-MS and FT-IR of copra meal hydrolyzed by ManB-1601 showed the presence of oligosaccharides (CM-β-MOS) having a degree of polymerisation (DP) between 2 and 4. Thermal decomposition studies of the purified CM-β-MOS (DP 2, 3 and 4) showed mass loss at high temperatures (135.8 °C to 600 °C). DP2, DP3 and DP4 CM-β-MOS were adjudged as un-substituted Manβ-4Man, Manβ-4Manβ-4Man and Manβ-4Manβ-4Manβ-4Man, respectively, using NMR (1H and 13C) studies. During fermentation, purified CM-β-MOS supported the growth of Lactobacillus sp. and inhibited enteropathogens (Escherichia coli, Listeria monocytogenes and Salmonella typhi). Acetate was the predominant short-chain fatty acid produced by Lactobacillus sp. RT-PCR studies of L. plantarum WCFS1 fed with CM-β-MOS showed up-regulation (up to 6.7-fold) of the cellobiose utilization operon (pts23C and pbg6) and oligo-sucrose utilization loci (pts1BCA and agl2). Biochemical (free amino groups, carbonyl and fructosamine content), fluorescence (AGEs-specific and intrinsic) and molecular docking studies suggested the anti-glycation potential of CM-β-MOS.

MeSH terms

  • Mannans / chemistry
  • Molecular Docking Simulation
  • Oligosaccharides / chemistry
  • Oligosaccharides / pharmacology
  • Prebiotics*
  • Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared
  • beta-Mannosidase* / chemistry

Substances

  • Mannans
  • Oligosaccharides
  • Prebiotics
  • beta-Mannosidase