An introduction: Evolution and finalisation of the regulatory definition of dietary fibre

Food Hydrocolloids

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 139-143

  Phillips, Glyn O ^a,b   Cui, Steve W ^c  

^a GLYNDWR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Phillips Hydrocolloid Research Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbohydrate polymers; Cholesterol; Dietary fibre; Fermentation; Lignin; Non digestible oligosaccharides; Non starch polysaccharides; Plant cell walls; Polysaccharides; Post prandial blood glucose; Resistant starch

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CHOLESTEROL; ENZYMES; FIBERS; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT CELL CULTURE; PLANTS (BOTANY); STARCH;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS; DIETARY FIBRE; MONOMERIC UNITS; NON-DIGESTIBLE OLIGOSACCHARIDE; NON-STARCH POLYSACCHARIDES; PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; PLANT CELL WALL; POST-PRANDIAL BLOOD GLUCOSE; RESISTANT STARCH;

LIGNIN;

EID: 77956619032     PISSN: 0268005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodhyd.2010.04.011     Document Type: Editorial

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