New healthy sugar that can prevent cancer: L-arabinose

Food Business Network News People who eat high-sucrose foods for a long time are prone to diseases caused by obesity, diabetes and hyperlipidemia. For the health of mankind, the functional sugar industry came into being. Functional sugar, also known as healthy sugar, not only solves the physiological needs of the human body, but also solves various diseases caused by excessive sugar intake, as well as health and therapeutic effects. It is suitable for use in addition to infants, including diabetic patients. Everyone inside.

What is L-arabinose?

L-arabinose, also known as gum arabin, pectin; is an aldopentose. In nature, L-arabinose is rarely present in the form of monosaccharides, usually in combination with other monosaccharides, in the form of heteropolysaccharides in the form of colloids, hemicelluloses, pectic acids, bacterial polysaccharides and certain glycosides.
As a calorie-free sugar, L-arabinose selectively affects the invertase that digests sucrose in the small intestine, thereby inhibiting the absorption of sucrose. It has a promising future in terms of weight loss, hypoglycemic control, and diabetes. The American Medical Association has included it as a nutritional supplement or over-the-counter drug for anti-obesity agents. In the list of specific health foods in Japan's Ministry of Health and Welfare, L-arabinose It is listed as a special special health food additive for regulating blood sugar. In 2008, L-arabinose was approved as a new resource food in China, and the scope of use was “all kinds of food, but not including infant food”.

In addition, L-arabinose is also an anti-cancer active ingredient, which can be used for synthesizing antiviral drugs such as nucleoside analogs, and chemotherapeutic drugs for treating leukemia and cancer. It is understood that there are currently five new anti-hepatitis B drugs in the three phase clinical trials, two of which use L-arabinose as raw material.

Why L-arabinose is not widely used

Despite the many advantages of L-arabinose, this green resource has not been fully applied for a long time. The main reason is that the L-arabinose production process is complicated, the extraction is difficult, the cost is too large, and it cannot be mass-produced.

In recent years, the L-arabinose industry has developed rapidly. The national enterprises represented by Shandong Xieli Biotechnology, Shandong Longli Biotechnology, Shengquan Tang and Tang, Tang Chuan, Huakang and Lujian are in the Chinese Academy of Sciences and other countries. With the support of relevant scientific research units, through the organic combination of introduction and absorption and independent research and development, the use of cutting-edge technology such as modern biochemical fermentation has overcome the scientific and technological problems of producing L-arabinose and opened up a new situation for the development and utilization of new resource food in China. .

L-arabinose in the food field

First, the application of L-arabinose in baked goods

L-arabinose has a stable molecular structure and is not decomposed at high temperatures, so it can be used in baked goods. Most baked goods contain high levels of sugar and calories, which can easily cause obesity. L-arabinose tastes close to sucrose, has no calories and inhibits the absorption of sucrose, thus reducing fear of obesity in baked goods.

In addition, since the L-arabinose molecular structure contains an aldehyde group, it is a reducing monosaccharide. When it is mixed with sucrose to prepare a baked food, it will react with the amino acid, protein and the like in the dough to make a baked product. The flavor is more unique and the color is more beautiful. It can also be used in cooking to make the food taste and flavor.

Second, the application of L-arabinose in beverages

With the improvement of people's living standards, consumers' health awareness has gradually strengthened, and people's beverage structure has also undergone significant changes. The market for high-calorie beverages has been declining year by year, low-sugar drinks, sugar-free drinks, tea drinks, milk-containing drinks, plants. Nutritional, health-care, and functional beverages such as protein beverages, fruit and vegetable juice beverages have gradually become the mainstream of the market. The addition of L-arabinose products in various beverages is in line with people's needs.

Third, the application of L-arabinose in chewing gum

At present, xylitol is widely used in chewing gum. Although xylitol does not cause heat to increase blood sugar, excessive consumption can lead to elevated blood triglycerides, causing coronary atherosclerosis and diarrhea. Compared with this, L-arabinose can reduce blood sugar, is not easily broken down by bacteria in the mouth, can inhibit oral bacteria, and prevent dental caries.

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