Research Article

Synthesis of Isomaltooligosaccharides (IMOs) from Sweet Potato Starch by Simultaneous Saccharification and Transglycosylation Using Saccharomyces cerevisiae Var. diastaticus BE 134 to Improve Purity of IMOs

Table 1

Compositions of oligosaccharides after using various α-amylase enzyme preparations for liquefaction.

Enzyme preparationG1–G10 (%w/w)G2–G6 (%w/w)Glucose (G1) (%w/w)Starch residue (%w/w)

Spezyme Xtra73.95 ± 0.02a49.24 ± 3.19a0.00 ± 0.00a1.98 ± 0.08a
Liquozyme SC DS68.59 ± 1.62b40.46 ± 0.08c0.61 ± 0.86bc2.15 ± 0.05a
Spezyme alpha65.70 ± 0.32b34.32 ± 0.48b0.51 ± 0.72bc1.64 ± 0.01b
Termamyl SC DS69.02 ± 2.91b39.56 ± 1.37c1.68 ± 0.03bc1.56 ± 0.08b

Values are mean ± standard deviation of duplicate analyses. Values followed by the same letter in the same column were not significantly different at .