Czech Chemical Society, Institute of Chemical Technology Prague
Abstract
Brewers´ spent grain (BSG) is a by-product from beer industry that can be exploited as a source of
arabinoxylo-oligosaccharides (AXOS) with prebiotic activity. In this study, microwave-assisted extractions were
performed during 2 min at 140-210°Cin order to evaluate the feasibility of this extraction technology for quantitative
extraction of the arabinoxylans (AX) or AXOS from BSG. The AX yield increasedwith the increase of the temperature
in the range used. The best condition of extraction of the AXwas 210 ºC during 2 min, allowing the extraction of 43%
of total AX. These AX showed structural variability which allow to define specific types of compounds for different
applications and uses depending on the extraction conditions used