Application to the Development of Functional Foods with Physiologically Active Glycans
摘要
The food function of glycans is often discussed in terms of primary function (nutritional function) and secondary function (functions related to food physical properties and preferences), but recently, there is increasing interest in the tertiary function of glycans (bioregulatory function) as functional food materials. As various physiological functions are found from glycans derived from animals, plants, or microorganisms, research is progressing to use these functional glycans as functional food materials.