Changing Concepts of Dietary Fiber: Implications for Carcinogenesis

Nutrition and Cancer

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 155-169

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGNIN; MEMBRANE LIPID; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; POLYSACCHARIDE; SUBERIN;

ANIMAL; CELL WALL; CEREAL; CHEMISTRY; COLORECTAL TUMOR; DIETARY FIBER; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; PLANT; REVIEW; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMAL; CELL WALL; CEREALS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DIETARY FIBER; HUMAN; LIGNIN; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; NEOPLASMS; PHENOLS; PLANTS; POLYSACCHARIDES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0035232952     PISSN: 01635581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327914nc392_1     Document Type: Review

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