Inulina a partir de tubérculos de Dahlia imperialis Roetz

The extraction and isolation of inulin was accomplished, from the tubers of Dahlia imperialis Roetz. (Asteraceae), obtaining a yield of 13.7 percent a dry base. The obtained product was identified by means of physical, chemical, chromatographic and spectroscopic methods; its characterization was made according to the patterns of the United States American Pharmacopeia (USP 23). Some were made assays to determine the practical and functional profits of inulin, such as its use as prebiotic food, in the manufacture of fermented milks, with bifidobacteria, specifically Bifidum infantis. In these assays, it was observed that inulin stimulates and promotes the growth of these bacteria