Tags: Chemical Compound, Chemical Substance.
Raffinose is a trisaccharide composed of galactose glucose and fructose. It can be found in beans cabbage brussels sprouts broccoli asparagus other vegetables and whole grains. Raffinose can be hydrolyzed to D-galactose and sucrose by the enzyme α-galactosidase (α-GAL) an enzyme not found in the human digestive tract. α-GAL also hydrolyzes other α-galactosides such as stachyose verbascose and galactinol if present.
