Dietary Roles of Non-Starch Polysachharides in Human Nutrition: A Review

Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 899-935

  Kumar, Vikas ^a,b   Sinha, Amit K ^b   Makkar, Harinder P S ^a   de Boeck, Gudrun ^b   Becker, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

cardiovascular disease; colo rectal cancer; constipation; diabetes mellitus; gut viscocity; prebiotic

Indexed keywords

CARDIO-VASCULAR DISEASE; COLO-RECTAL CANCER; CONSTIPATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; GUT VISCOCITY; PREBIOTICS; RECTAL CANCER;

CELLULOSE; CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; GLUCOSE; NUTRITION; PHYSIOLOGY; CARDIOLOGY; CHAINS; DISEASES; FATTY ACIDS; FOOD PRODUCTS; POLYSACCHARIDES;

DISEASES; NUTRITION;

CITRUS MACROPHYLLA;

BETA GLUCAN; CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; POLYSACCHARIDE; PREBIOTIC AGENT; STARCH; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

BLOOD; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COLON; DIET; DIETARY FIBER; FERMENTATION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LARGE INTESTINE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NEOPLASM; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; REVIEW; SMALL INTESTINE;

BETA-GLUCANS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL; COLON; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIET; DIETARY FIBER; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; FERMENTATION; HUMANS; INSULIN; INTESTINE, LARGE; INTESTINE, SMALL; NEOPLASMS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PHENOMENA; POLYSACCHARIDES; PREBIOTICS; STARCH;

EID: 84863548364     PISSN: 10408398     EISSN: 15497852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408398.2010.512671     Document Type: Review

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