Carbohydrate-based micro- and nano-scale materials are gaining greater attention in functional food and pharmaceutical applications. Thepresent study was carried out to produce carbohydrate-based micro- and nano-scale tubular materials from sugar beet pulp (SBP), a by-product of sugar beet processing. The purity of carbohydrates isolated from SBP was greater than 80% as analyzed by high performance anion exchange chromatography-pulse amperometric detection (HPAE-PAD) with enzymatic and acid hydrolysis. These highly pure carbohydrateswere used to prepare micro- and nano-scale materials, which were further studied by scanning electron microscope (SEM), 1H nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy,and X-ray Diffraction techniques. Our results clearly show micro- and nano-scale tubular materials can be producedfrom SBP carbohydrates, thus providing opportunities for these materials in functional food and pharmaceutical applications.                                                                      

Carbohydrate based micro- and nano-materials for functional food and pharmaceutical applications

245th National Meeting (2013)

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