%0 Journal Article
%T Inulin - a versatile polysaccharide with multiple pharmaceutical and food chemical uses.
%A Thomas Barclay
%A Milena Ginic-Markovic
%A Peter Cooper
%A Nikolai Petrovsky
%J Journal of Excipients and Food Chemicals
%D 2010
%I 
%X alpha-D-glucopyranosyl-[beta-D-fructofuranosyl](n-1)-D-fructofuranoside, commonly referred to as inulin, is a natural plant-derived polysaccharide with a diverse range of food and pharmaceuticalapplications. It is used by the food industry as a soluble dietary fibre and fat or sugar replacement, and in the pharmaceutical industry as a stabiliser and excipient. It can also be used as a precursor in the synthesis of a wide range of compounds. New uses for inulin are constantly being discovered, with recent research into its use for slow-release drug delivery. Inulin, when in a particulate form, possesses anti-cancer and immune enhancing properties. Given its increasing importance to industry, this review explains how inulin's unique physico-chemical properties bestow it with manyuseful pharmaceutical applications.
%K Inulin
%K polysaccharide
%K fructose
%K excipient
%K vaccine
%K adjuvant
%U http://ojs.abo.fi/index.php/jefc/article/view/40