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A method of fractionating biomass, by permeability conditioning biomass suspended in a pH adjusted solution of at least one water-based polar solvent to form a conditioned biomass, intimately contacting the pH adjusted solution with at least one non-polar solvent, partitioning to obtain an non-polar solvent solution and a polar biomass solution, and recovering cell and cell derived products from the non-polar solvent solution and polar biomass solution. Products recovered from the above method. A method of operating a renewable and sustainable plant for growing and processing algae.

Lipo-chito oligosaccharides (LCOs) are produced by culturing rhizobacteria cells in or on a culture medium comprising at least one of: jasmonic acid or a derivative thereof; linoleic acid or a derivative thereof; or linolenic acid or a derivative thereof. Preferably, the rhizobacteria cells are Bradyrhizobium japonicum cells having the identifying characteristics of B. japonicum strain USDA 3. Preferably, the derivative of jasmonic acid is an ester thereof, preferably methyl jasmonate. Also provided are methods for improving LCO production at low temperatures, particularly temperatures below 25° C.

PCT No. PCT / AU96 / 00238 Sec. 371 Date Oct. 28, 1997 Sec. 102(e) Date Oct. 28, 1997 PCT Filed Apr. 24, 1996 PCT Pub. No. WO96 / 33726 PCT Pub. Date Oct. 31, 1996Sulfated oligosaccharides, wherein the oligosaccharide has the general formula I:R1-(Rx)n-R2(I)wherein R1 and R2 and each Rx represents a monosaccharide unit, all of which may be the same or different, adjacent monosaccharide units being linked by 1->2, 1->3, 1->4 and / or 1->6 glycosidic bonds and n is an integer of from 1 to 6, and use thereof as anti-angiogenic, anti-metastatic and / or anti-inflammatory agents.

The invention discloses a cross-linked polymer of at least one carbohydrate component comprising at least one primary alcohol function in particular for the manufacture of a composition which is intended to be applied onto the skin to obtain a tensing and / or toning effect.

Process for synthesizing polyol fatty acid polyesters which includes the steps of reacting an excess of lower alkyl ester with polyol to esterify hydroxyl groups thereof and form polyol fatty acid polyester, separating at least a portion of the unreacted lower alkyl ester from the polyol fatty acid polyester, and recycling the separated unreacted lower alkyl ester for further reaction with polyol or partially esterified polyol. The recycled lower alkyl ester is substantially free of lower alkyl ester degradation reaction products, such as carbonyls and free fatty acids.

To provide a high-purity xylooligosaccharide composition while preventing the formation of UV-absorbing substances and coloring matters.A high-pure xylooligosaccharide composition containing reduced UV-absorbing substances and reduced coloring matters and a method of producing the same which comprises alkali-treating or pressure- and heat-treating a plant material such as wood, corn cob, cotton seed hull, bagasse or rice straw, further enzymatically treating the same, and purifying the crude saccharide solution containing the residues thus obtained, wherein the solution is concentrated and then optionally subjected to desalting and active carbon-treatment. According to the method of the invention, the saccharified solution is concentrated followed by the desalting and active-carbon treating so that a high-purity xylooligosaccharide composition can be produced while preventing the formation of UV-absorbing substances and coloring matters.

The invention discloses a method capable of carrying out green high-efficiency hydrolysis pretreatment on lignocellulose biomass. The method in the invention comprises the steps of hydrolyzing the hemicellulose in the cellulose biomass into saccharide products mainly containing xylose and oligose thereof using a two-step temperature-changing segmentation hydrolysis method so as to accomplish the pretreatment, and adding the pretreated solid raw material mainly containing cellulose and lignin to cellulase so as to accomplish enzymatic hydrolysis and recover the saccharide products to the utmost extent. The invention uses high-temperature liquid water as reaction medium, has the advantages that the method has low cost and is environment-friendly and green. The reaction conditions are moderate, the saccharide products are degraded less, and the recovery rate is high. By adopting the two-step temperature-changing segmentation hydrolysis method, the method not only hydrolyzes the hemicellulose to the utmost extent to obtain the saccharide products, but also further pre-treats the raw material such that the cellulose is made into glucose through enzymatic hydrolysis, reaching the purpose of protecting environment and hydrolyzing the lignocellulose biomass highly effectively. The raw material is capable of realizing waste utilization and promotes the development of green industries.

One aspect of the present invention relates to an array, comprising a plurality of spots on a solid support, wherein each spot independently comprises a substrate attached to said solid support, wherein each substrate attached to said solid support is independently a carbohydrate-containing molecule. A second aspect of the present invention relates to a method of preparing such an array of carbohydrate-containing molecules. A third aspect of the present invention relates to a method to detect the interaction of a carbohydrate with a binding molecule.

Compositions which inhibit corrosion and alter the physical properties of concrete (admixtures) are prepared from salt mixtures of hydroxycarboxylic acids, carboxylic acids, and nitric acid. The salt mixtures are prepared by neutralizing acid product mixtures from the oxidation of polyols using nitric acid and oxygen as the oxidizing agents. Nitric acid is removed from the hydroxycarboxylic acids by evaporation and diffusion dialysis.

Carboxymethylgalactose derivatives represented by general formula (1);and salts thereof, which exhibit reactivity to selectins and are useful as inhibitors against selectin-related diseases such as various inflammations and cancerous metastasis; In said formula, R is a group rep resented by formula (1a), (1b) or (1c).

An unbranched polylactosamine comprising at least 6 monosaccharides and having terminal alpha 2->3 sialylation and internal alpha 1->3 fucosylation at various N-acetylglucosamine residues except for solely at the penultimate N-acetylglucosamine residue.

The present invention provides an alginate oligosaccharide and its derivatives with the degree of polymerization ranging from 2 to 22. The alginate oligosaccharide is composed of β-D-mannuronic acid linked by 1,4 glycosidic bonds. The derivatives with the reduced terminal in position 1 of carboxyl radical can be prepared by oxidative degradation. The present invention also provides a process for preparing the alginate oligosaccharide and its derivatives, which includes the procedures that an alginate solution is reacted for 2 to 6 h in an autoclave at pH 2-6 and the temperature of 100-120° C., and pH is adjusted to 7 after the reaction is stopped, after which the resultant oligosaccharide is oxidized in the presence of an oxidant to obtain an oxidative degradation product. The alginate oligosaccharide and its derivatives of the invention can be used in the manufacture of a medicament for the prophylaxis and treatment of AD and diabetes.

The invention provides compositions and methods for engineering E. coli or other host production bacterial strains to produce fucosylated oligosaccharides, and the use thereof in the prevention or treatment of infection.

The invention provides a comprehensive utilization method of corn cob, which effectively separates hemicellulose, lignin and cellulose contained in a reproducible biological resource of corn cob in a reasonable process order at low cost and high efficiency, and makes full use of every type of biomass components, thereby solving the problem of utilization of residue in the biomass refining process of preparing ethanol and butanol by extracting xyio-oligosacchandes and enzymolysis from the corn cob in the prior art, and making reasonable and effective use of main components of biomass contained in the corn cob; particularly, the lignin can substitute partial petrochemical materials to prepare modified high-molecular materials, thereby reducing the cost of high-molecular materials and saving the energy consumption of petrochemical materials to bring great social benefit; in addition, the comprehensive utilization method of corn cob is featured by simple processing technique, easy implementation and favorable effect.

Provided are methods for the preparation of glycosylation products, including those represented by formula I:Sugar-O—R′  Icomprising the step of combining R′—OH, a glycosyl sulfide glycosyl donor (“thioglycoside donor”), a hypervalent iodine alkyl-transfer activating reagent, and a base. In an embodiment, the hypervalent iodine alkyl-transfer activating reagent is (phenyl(trifluoroethyl)iodonium triflimide).

Preparation of synthetic monosaccharides, disaccharides, trisaccharides, tetrasaccharides and pentasaccharides for use in the preparation of synthetic heparinoids.

The present invention has an object to provide an external dermatological formulation having satisfactory blood flow-promoting effect, antiinflammatory effect, antibacterial effect, moisturizing effect, whitening effect, UV-absorbing effect, UV-scattering effect, antioxidant effect, hair growing effect, hair nourishing effect, emusifying effect, astringent effect, wrinkle-reducing effect, cell-activating effect and / or transdermal absorption-promoting effect with a satisfactory safety and skin feeling; The object is solved by providing an external dermatological formulation comprising a saccharide derivative of alpha , alpha -trehalose and one or more members selected from substances having any one of blood flow-promoting effect , antiinflammatory effect, antibacterial effect, moisturizing effect, whitening effect, UV-absorbing effect, UV-scattering effect, antioxidant effect, hair growing efect, hair nourishing effect, emulsifying effect, astringent effect, wrinkle-reducing effect, cell-activating effect and transdermal absorption-promoting effect.

One aspect of the present invention relates to an apparatus for the efficient synthesis of oligosaccharides on a solid support, e.g., formed by subunit addition to terminal subunits immobilized on solid-phase particles. In certain embodiments, the apparatus of the present invention is used in combinatorial methods, e.g., as described herein, of synthesizing oligosaccharides.

A process for producing a transgenic plant which accumulates a fructooligosaccharide, comprising the step of transforming a plant with a gene construct comprising a gene encoding β-fructofuranosidase capable of converting sucrose into a fructooligosaccharide, and a transgenic plant produced by the process, are disclosed.

Compounds, compositions and methods are provided for treating cancer and inflammatory diseases, and for releasing cells such as stem cells (e.g., bone marrow progenitor cells) into circulating blood and enhancing retention of the cells in the blood. More specifically, heterobifunctional compounds that inhibit both E-selectins and CXCR4 chemokine receptors are described.

Multiple strains and species of Campylobacter were found to share a common glycan moitie which is present in a plurality of surface-exposed glycoproteins. This glycan has the formula: GalNAc-a1,4-GalNAc-a1,4-[Glc-β1,3]GalNAc-a1,4-GalNAc-a1,4-GalNAc-a1,3-Bac, wherein Bac is 2,4-diacetamido-2,4,6-trideoxy-D-glucopyranose. This glycan and immunologically active fragments of it have use as vaccines against campylobacter infection in humans and animals. As well, antibodies which specifically bind these compounds may be provided. Such antibodies and vaccines may be used to prevent or neutralize campylobacter infections in livestock thereby preventing this pathogen from entering the human food chain. The glycan may be linked to one or more amino acids to form a glycopeptide. As well, a method for determining the glycan structure of an intact glycoprotein consists of subjecting a sample to high resolution magic angle spinning nuclear magnetic resonance (HR-MAS-NMR) spectroscopy.

A ‘bioactive’ composition that has one or more oligogalacturonans ((1→4)-α-D-galacturonan) or any other oligosaccharides (oligoguluronans) that may present an ‘egg box’ conformation, this conformation being further stabilized by one or more polycationic saccharide(s), preferably either a chitosan oligosaccharide or a chitosan polysaccharide. A method prepares this composition and it is used, in medical, pharmaceutical, agricultural, nutraceutical, food, feed, textile, cosmetic, industrial and / or environmental applications.

The invention relates to application of mannuronic acid oligose with carboxyl at a 1-position of a reducing end and a derivative to treatment of a Parkinson's disease. The mannuronic acid oligose and the derivative are particularly a compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt expressed by the following structural formula (II) in the description, wherein n in the formula (II) is one or more integers from 0-20.

The present invention relates to methodology for polymer grafting by a polysaccharide synthase and, more particularly, polymer grafting using the hyaluronate or chondroitin or heparin / heparosan synthases from Pasteurella, in order to create a variety of glycosaminoglycan oligosaccharides having a natural or chimeric or hybrid sugar structure with a targeted size that are substantially monodisperse in size. The present invention also relates to methodology for polymer grafting by a polysaccharide synthase to form glycosaminoglycan polymers having an unnatural structure.

The invention discloses a preparation method of high-purity mannan oligosaccharide. The preparation method comprises the steps of 1, producing a mannan oligosaccharide mixture through enzymolysis conversion; 2, carrying out centrifugal separation: separating enzymatic hydrolysate through a centrifugal machine; 3, carrying out ceramic membrane filtration: filtering centrifugate through a ceramic membrane group as precision separation to remove protein, starch and polysaccharide substances; 4, carrying out ion exchange refining: desalting, decoloring and deodorizing filtrate through a mannan oligosaccharide ceramic membrane; 5, carrying out 2000 molecular weight ultrafiltration: ultrafiltering ion exchange refining liquid through a polyether sulfone-polyamide composite membrane with interception as Dalton to obtain a polymerization degree; 6, carrying out nanofiltration: filtering sugar liquid through a ceramic membrane, ion exchange refining and an ultrafiltration membrane; and 7, carrying out spray drying: preheating a nano-filtered concentrated solution, and drying in a spray drying tower. The dried product contains more than 95% of mannan oligosaccharide, and has an obvious function of multiplying bifidobacterium; meanwhile, the product, as a most promising substitute, can reduce harmful bacteria.

Compounds and methods are provided for modulating in vitro and in vivo processes mediated by selectin binding. More specifically, selectin modulators and their use are described, wherein the selectin modulators that modulate (e.g., inhibit or enhance) a selectin-mediated function comprise particular glycomimetics linked to a member of a class of compounds termed BASAs (Benzyl Amino Sulfonic Acids).

The present invention provides algin oligosaccharides having polymerized degree of 2-22 and the derivatives thereof, such algin oligosaccharides are made of mannuronic acid bonded by [proportional to]-1,4 glycosidic bond. The derivatives which the reduced terminal in position-1 is carboxyl radical can be obtained by oxidation. The invention also provides the manufacture of algin oligosaccharides and the derivatives thereof, which includes the alginate solution in water reacts in the reactor under the condition of high press, 100-120 DEG C, pH2-6, for 2-6 hours, after the reaction completed, its pH value was adjusted to 7. The result oligosaccharides are oxidated in presence of the oxidant, and then produces the oxidated products. The algin oligosaccharides and the derivatives thereof of the invention can be used in the manufacture of medicaments for preventing Alzheimer's dementia and diabetes.

Methods for the production of substrate, tuber, and grain compositions containing isomalto-oligosaccharides are described. The methods comprise (a) contacting a substrate, tuber or grain containing ungelatinized starch with a maltogenic enzyme and a starch liquefying enzyme to produce maltose; (b) contacting said maltose with a transglucosidic enzyme, wherein said steps (a) and step (b) occur at a temperature less than or at a starch gelatinization temperature; and (c) obtaining a substrate, grain or tuber composition having an enzymatically produced isomalto-oligosaccharide, wherein the oligosaccharide is derived from the grain. The maltogenic enzyme can be either exogenous or endogenous to the grain. The contacting steps can be sequential or concurrent. The present invention also describes flour, oral rehydrating solutions, beer adjuncts, food, feed, beverage additives incorporating the grain compositions made as described.