Evaluation of the effect of soluble polysaccharides of palm kernel cake as a potential prebiotic on the growth of probiotics

• Main Authors: Bello, Bashirat, Mustafa, Shuhaimi, Tan, Joo Shun, Tengku Ibrahim, Tengku Azmi, Tam, Yew Joon, Ariff, Arbakariya, Abd Manap, Mohd Yazid, Abbasiliasi, Sahar
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Verlag 2018
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/72646/1/Evaluation%20of%20the%20effect%20of%20soluble%20polysaccharides.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/72646/; https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13205-018-1362-4

This paper deliberates the extraction, characterization and examination of potential application of soluble polysaccharides of palm kernel cake (PKC) as a prebiotic. The PKC was defatted and crude polysaccharide was obtained through water, citric acid or NaOH extraction. The physiochemical propertie...