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CHEMICAL AND ORGANOLEPTIC CHANGES IN CARBOHYDRATES AND PROTEINS PRODUCED BY RADIATION STERILIZATION. Report No. 6 (Final) for October 20, 1955 to April 19, 1957

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:4255202

Chromatographic and other isolative techniques were used to study the effects of ionizing radiations on carbohydrates. D-mannitol was converted to mannose and arabinose. D-glucitol yielded glucose, arabinose, and xylose. The 0- linkage in maltose and cellobiose is more readily attacked than the 6 wt.% Ru-U all , but neither glycosidic bond is attacked to any large extent. Maltose may be hydrolyzed to glucose by radiation. Gamma radiation on 2% aqueous raffinose produced melibiose, sucrose, glucose, fructose, and galactose. Hydrolysis of raffinose is suggested. Inulin, at the radiosterilization dose is not degraded to fructose. Cathode rays on starches produced dextrins. Reinvestigation of ionizing radiation effects on sucrose is reported. Sucrose is hydrolyzed much more by cathode rays than by soft x rays. Keto sugars were found in the radiolysis products of D-fructose. Radiation effects studies on ethylene glycol indicated changes, and the data are given but no interpretation is made. (See also PB-121310.) (T.R.H.)

Research Organization:
Ohio State Univ. Research Foundation, Columbus Page(s): 82
NSA Number:
NSA-13-014151
OSTI ID:
4255202
Report Number(s):
PB-131967
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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ALCOHOLS-- CARBOHYDRATES-- CATHODE RAYS-- CHEMICAL REACTIONS-- DEXTRIN-- ELECTRON BEAMS-- FRUCTOSE-- GAMMA RADIATION-- GLYCOLS-- HYDROLYSIS-- KETONES-- RADIATION EFFECTS-- STARCH-- SUCROSE-- SUGARS-- VARIATIONS
ARABINOSE-- CARBOHYDRATES-- CHEMICAL REACTIONS-- CHROMATOGRAPHY-- GLUCOSE-- MANNITOL-- MANNOSE-- RADIATION EFFECTS-- SEPARATION PROCESSES-- SUGARS-- XYLOSE
BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE
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