Abstract：
Polysaccharides are important components of higher plants and have attracted increasing attention due to their many nutraceutical benefits in humans. Fructans, heterogeneous fructose polymers that serve as storage carbohydrates in various plants, represent one of the most important types of natural polysaccharides. Fructans have various physiological and therapeutic effects, which are beneficial to health, and have the ability to prevent or treat various diseases, allowing their wide use in the food, nutraceutical, and pharmaceutical industries. This article reviews the occurrence, metabolism, preparation, characterisation, analysis, and bioactivity of fructans. Further, their molecular weight, monosaccharide composition, linkages, and structural determination are described. Taken together, this review provides a theoretical foundation for further research into the structure-function relationships of fructans, as well as valuable new information and directions for further research and application of fructans in functional foods.
摘要：
多糖是高等植物的重要成分，由于其在人类中的许多营养益处而引起了越来越多的关注。Fructans,在各种植物中作为储存碳水化合物的异质果糖聚合物，代表一个最重要的类型的天然多糖。Fructans具有多种生理和治疗作用，对健康有益，并有能力预防或治疗各种疾病，允许它们在食物中广泛使用，营养食品，和制药行业。本文回顾了这种情况，新陈代谢，准备,表征,分析,和果聚糖的生物活性。Further,它们的分子量，单糖组成，联系，和结构确定进行了描述。一起来看,本综述为进一步研究果聚糖的结构-功能关系提供了理论基础,以及果聚糖在功能性食品中的进一步研究和应用的有价值的新信息和方向。
