Isomerization of ribose to ribulose using basic amino acids as a catalyst

• Published in: FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH Vol. 29; no. 3; pp. 231 - 236
• Main Authors: Khuwijitjaru, Pramote, Adachi, Shuji
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Tsukuba Japanese Society for Food Science and Technology 01.01.2023; The Japanese Society for Food Science and Technology; Japan Science and Technology Agency
• Subjects: Absorbance; Amino acids; Arginine; Batch reactors; Catalysts; green catalyst; Histidine; Isomerization; Lysine; Mixtures; Ribose; ribulose

In a batch reactor, 0.01 mol/L arginine, lysine, or histidine, which are natural basic amino acids, was used as an environmentally friendly, “green”, catalyst to isomerize 0.2 mol/L ribose to the corresponding ketose, ribulose, at 110 °C. The changes over time in the conversion of ribose, the yield...