SIMULATION OF THE PRODUCTION OF FRUCTOOLIGOSACCHARIDES

SALINAS MA.; PEROTTI NI

BIOCELL

INST HISTOL EMBRIOL-CONICET

Lugar: Tucumán; Año: 2008 vol. 32 p. 73 - 73

0327-9545

SIMULATION OF THE PRODUCTION OF FRUCTOOLIGOSACCHARIDES Salinas M1,2, Perotti N1,2 1 Universidad Nacional de Tucumán. FACEyT. 2 PROIMI-CONICET. Av. Belgrano y Pje. Caseros, (4000) Tucumán, Argentina. E-mail: msalinas@proimi.org.ar Introduction: Fructooligosaccharides (FOS) are considered both alimentary additives and nutraceutics. Several studies have demonstrated their prebiotic properties. A simulation of FOS production was made. Kinetics parameters of FOS growth and synthesis were studied. Objective: The objective of this work was to simulate FOS production in several initial conditions using a mathematical model developed by the authors. Materials and Methods: Experimental data were obtained using the strain Aureobasidium sp. The bioproduction conditions and the details of the model were previously reported by the authors. The software used for the simulation was Matlab 7. Results and Conclusions: The simulation shows the relationship between the sugars at different initial concentrations. Sucrose rapidly disappears, enabling FOS and glucose formation. An increase in sucrose concentration resulted in an increase in FOS production. This will contribute to the study of the production of this prebiotic.