Lupins as a potential source of raffinose family oligosaccharides - Preparative method for their isolation and purification

Results of studies on the content of raffinose family oligosaccharides (RFO s) in plants of 11 species of the Leguminosae family are presented. It is c learly shown that plants of the Leguminosae family, especially of the lupin species, are the richest source of these sugars among the plants tested. A simple method of preparative isolation and purification of RFOs from bitte r lupin extract was developed. This method seems to be useful for efficient isolation of oligosaccharides from plant material for further nutritional tests. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.