Dietary fibre from edible seaweeds: Chemical structure, physicochemical properties and effects on cholesterol metabolism

Nutrition Research

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 585-598

  Jimenez Escrig A ^a   Sanchez Muniz F J ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DEL FRÍO CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Dietary fibre; Edible seaweeds

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; DIETARY FIBER; FERMENTATION; FOOD COMPOSITION; LIPID ABSORPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEAWEED; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0034177233     PISSN: 02715317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0271-5317(00)00149-4     Document Type: Article

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