Abstract

Summary Chemical structures of and relationships among the fructan oligomers ( Waterhouse and Chatterton (1993) . The variety of fructan structures found in different species indicate that plants have evolved species — or possibly genera — specific fructan-synthesizing enzyme systems. Some plant species appear to form fructan oligomers that are characteristic of a particular plant group. Additional research is needed to determine the effects of plant parts, stage of development, and of interacting environmental factors on fructan biosynthetic enzyme activities and on the resultant fructan structures.

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