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Method for obtaining modified polysaccharides

US6858717B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJun 16, 1999
Grant dateFeb 22, 2005
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Expiry dateJun 16, 2019

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  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC12N15/8245
  • WIPO fieldBiotechnology
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The invention concerns a method for obtaining plants producing modified polysaccharides (such as starch or glycogen), said modified polysaccharides extracted from said plants and the products prepared from said modified polysaccharides. The invention also concerns a method for obtaining modified starch or modified glycogen which consists in contacting a starch or a glycogen with an α-1,4 glucanotransferase enzyme.

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