Do resistant starches as well as dietary fibers protect against colorectal cancer?

Journal of Environmental Pathology, Toxicology and Oncology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 335-341

  Ferguson, Lynnette R ^a   Harris, Philip J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Dietary fibers; Plant cell walls; Resistant starches

Indexed keywords

BUTYRIC ACID; DIMETHYLHYDRAZINE; STARCH;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLORECTAL CANCER; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY INTAKE; FOOD PROCESSING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PLANT CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; REVIEW; SOLUBILIZATION;

EID: 0030772195     PISSN: 07318898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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