Enzymatic preparation of a natural sweetener rubusoside from specific hydrolysis of stevioside with β-galactosidase from Aspergillus sp
2012
Wan, Hui-da | Tao, Guan-jun | Kim, Doman | Xia, Yong-mei
Rubusoside is a precious bioactive sweetener which mainly exists in Chinese sweet tea plant (Rubus suavissimus S. Lee), while stevioside is an abundant natural sweetener with bitter aftertaste. In this work, a β-galactosidase from Aspergillus sp. presented specific hydrolytic activity on β-1,2 glucosidic linkage of stevioside, and converting stevioside to rubusoside. The hydrolytic activity was weak on the natural stevioside analogs, which makes the process a promising approach to produce rubusoside and utilize stevioside. The highest steviosides conversion was 98.3%, accompanying with a rubusoside yield of 91.4%.
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