✦ LIBER ✦
Enhanced crocetin glucosylation by means of maltosyl-β-cyclodextrin encapsulation
✍ Scribed by François Cormier; Christiane Dufresne; Sonia Dorion
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 279 KB
- Volume
- 9
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0951-208X
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✦ Synopsis
The water-soluble solvent dimethylsulfoxide proved to be inhibitory to the enzymatic glucosylation of crocetin catalyzed by cell-free extracts of saffron (Crocus sariv~s L.) callus cultures. This problem was circumvented by encapsulating crocetin into maltosyl-P-cyclodextrin at a 1:3 and a 1:6 ratio which made it possible to carry out the reaction with up to 1,750 and 2,500 pM crocetin respectively.