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. 2023 Feb 17;39(4):102.
doi: 10.1007/s11274-023-03542-2.

Food-grade xylitol production from corncob biomass with acute oral toxicity studies

Diptarka Dasgupta #  1   2 , Vishal Ahuja #  3 , Raghuvir Singh  4 , Snehal More  5 , Sandeep Mudliar  6 , Madan Kumar  7
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Food-grade xylitol production from corncob biomass with acute oral toxicity studies

Diptarka Dasgupta et al. World J Microbiol Biotechnol. .

Abstract

Xylitol, a sugar substitute, is widely used in various food formulations and finds a steady global market. In this study, xylitol crystals were produced from corncob by fermentation (as an alternative to the chemical catalytic process) by a GRAS yeast Pichia caribbica MTCC 5703 and characterized in detail for their purity and presence of any possible contaminant that may adversely affect mammalian cell growth and proliferation. The acute and chronic oral toxicity trials demonstrated no gross pathological changes with average weekly weight gain in female Wistar rats at high xylitol loading (LD50 > 10,000 mg/kg body weight). The clinical chemistry analysis supported the evidence of no dose-dependent effect by analyzing blood biochemical parameters. The finding suggests the possible application of the crystals (> 98% purity) as a food-grade ingredient for commercial manufacture pending human trials.

Keywords: Acute oral toxicity; Corncob; Fermentation; Shelf life analysis; Xylitol.

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