摘要
無論亞洲或歐美市場之健康食品相關企業、皆對異麥芽寡糖使用之議題予以注目，醫療體系亦對異麥芽寡糖對人體的幫助與影響有不少篇幅之研究。以功能而言，在腸道中某些微生物群落提供人體屏障，以對抗外界入侵的病原等功效。然而具體說來功能可大略分成五項：整腸防癌、降低血液膽固醇、合成多種維他命、熱量含量較低、不易造成蛀牙發生。異麥芽寡糖與其它寡糖如果寡糖在同質性、負面性、物理性、穩定性、乃至於屬性相較之下，有略勝一籌之勢，是故食用異麥芽寡糖之優點可謂相當之多。傳統上利用酵素與高濃度糖類作用生成寡醣，但在其反應過程中，所使用的酵素使用後較不易分離，不能回收之缺點；故在本論文中整理以海藻酸鈣固定酵素，生產異麥芽寡糖之實驗，也對異麥芽寡糖在動物實驗、健康男性、老年便秘男性為受試之實驗作出綜合比較。經過本論文整理之後，對於未來的研究方向也有所期待，希望爾後研究能對市場產銷有更多的數據提供，或是經由醫療體系之現場數據作出分析，期能使一般大眾與異麥芽寡糖此類健康食品之間的連結度更為緊密，進而對推展健康食品、甚至一般國民身體健康有提升之助益。
並列摘要
In Asian, European and American markets, health food-related businesses are to be attention on the question of the isomaltooligosaccharides (IMO). The health care system has devoted much of the research to reveal the effect of the IMO on the human body, such as the barrier against pathogenic microorganisms in the intestine. The characteristic function falls into five categories: to prevent the digestive cancer, to reduce blood cholesterol, to synthesize a variety of vitamins, low calorie content, non-caryogencity. However, the IMO differs from other oligosaccharides on the homogeneity, negative effect and physical stability. In contrast, it has a slightly better trend because the actual occurrence of food IMO with advantages can be described as quite as much. Traditionally, the IMO is produced in high concentrations of sugar type, using enzyme as a biocatalyst. The reuse of enzyme is difficult. Therefore, in this article, immobilization of enzyme using calcium alginate and animal test of IMO including ingestion by mice, healthy men and the elderly constipation male are reviewed. After the finishing of this thesis, future research can be conducted for the marketing of IMO. More data the in the health care system can be provided for the people to consume IMO. It is beneficial for the society to develop neutraceutics and to promote human health.