Disease relevance of Leucrose

• Only Lactobacillus spp., Stomatococcus mucilaginosus, Leuconostoc mesenteroides, and Weissella paramesenteroides, and some of the yeasts studied-i.e., Candida albicans, C. tropicalis, C. parapsilosis, and Saccharomyces cerevisiae-utilized leucrose and/or palatinose well [1].
• Essentially no acid formation was observed after incubation of leucrose with suspensions of human dental plaque, S. mutans NCTC 10449, Lactobacillus casei LSB 132 and Actinomyces viscosus Ny 1 No. 30. Leucrose was a competitive inhibitor of the acid formation from sucrose by S. mutans NCTC 10449 at neutral pH [2].

High impact information on Leucrose

• However, given the many other micro-organisms in the oral cavity, this study compared the acid production of 100 bacterial strains representing 44 different species, by batch fermentation in a test tube containing, as a sole carbohydrate source, glucose, sucrose, palatinose, or leucrose [1].
• Plaque polysaccharide forming glucosyltransferases from Streptococcus cricetus AHT were not influenced by leucrose, but by leucritol [2].

Associations of Leucrose with other chemical compounds

• The cleavage rate of leucrose in vitro by human digestive carbohydrases was 31% that of maltose and 63% that of sucrose [3].

Analytical, diagnostic and therapeutic context of Leucrose

• In Cara rats as the animal model, leucrose was compared to sucrose and to corn starch for its cariogenic potential [2].

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