@article { ISI:000227724400010,
	title = {Synthesis, preliminary characterization, and application of novel surfactants from highly branched xyloglucan oligosaccharides},
	journal = {GLYCOBIOLOGY},
	volume = {15},
	number = {4},
	year = {2005},
	month = {APR},
	pages = {437-445},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {A novel class of nonionic, carbohydrate-based surfactants has been synthesized from the plant polysaccharide xyloglucan. Enzymatic hydrolysis of xyloglucan yielded a series of well-defined, highly branched oligosaccharides that, following reductive amination, were readily conjugated with fatty acids bearing C-8 to C-18 chains under mild conditions. The critical micelle concentration, determined by tensiometry and dye-inclusion measurements, showed a typical dependence on acyl chain length and was sensitive to the degree of galactosylation of the head group. Several compounds from this new group of surfactants, especially those with C-14 and C-16 chains, were useful for the extraction of membrane-bound enzyme markers from different plant cell compartments in catalytically active form.},
	issn = {0959-6658},
	doi = {10.1093/glycob/cwi013},
	author = {Greffe, L and Bessueille, L and Bulone, V and Brumer, H}
}
