SOLUBLE, HIGHLY BRANCHED GLUCOSE POLYMERS FOR ENTERAL AND PARENTERAL NUTRITION AND FOR PERITONEAL DIALYSIS.

摘要

The invention relates to soluble, highly branched glucose polymers which are obtained by enzymatic treatment of starch, having a reducing sugars content of less than 3.5%, exhibiting a proportion of α-1,6-glucosidic linkages of between 20% and 30%, a Mw, determined by light scattering, of between 20.10sup3/sup and 30.10sup3/sup daltons, and an osmolality of less than 25 mOsm/kg. The invention likewise relates to a method of obtaining these polymers and to their use in the pharmaceutical and food industries, more particularly in the field of enteral and parenteral nutrition, and in the field of peritoneal dialysis.