Rice for food security: Revisiting its production, diversity, rice milling process and nutrient content

NA Mohidem, N Hashim, R Shamsudin, H Che Man - Agriculture, 2022 - mdpi.com
Rice is food consumed regularly and is vital for the food security of over half the world's
population. Rice production on a global scale is predicted to rise by 58 to 567 million tonnes …

[HTML][HTML] Pectin and pectin-based composite materials: Beyond food texture

C Lara-Espinoza, E Carvajal-Millán… - Molecules, 2018 - mdpi.com
Pectins are plant cell wall natural heteropolysaccharides composed mainly of α-1-4 d-
galacturonic acid units, which may or may not be methyl esterified, possesses neutral sugars …

Pectin as a rheology modifier: Origin, structure, commercial production and rheology

SY Chan, WS Choo, DJ Young, XJ Loh - Carbohydrate polymers, 2017 - Elsevier
Pectins are a diverse family of biopolymers with an anionic polysaccharide backbone of α-1,
4-linked d-galacturonic acids in common. They have been widely used as emulsifiers …

Extraction, purification and characterization of pectin from alternative sources with potential technological applications

F Dranca, M Oroian - Food Research International, 2018 - Elsevier
Pectins are defined as a group of widely distributed plant cell wall polysaccharides that
contain galacturonic acid linked at both the 1 and 4 positions. The wide use of pectin as an …

Role of polysaccharides in food, digestion, and health

A Lovegrove, CH Edwards, I De Noni… - Critical reviews in …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Polysaccharides derived from plant foods are major components of the human diet, with
limited contributions of related components from fungal and algal sources. In particular …

Cell wall associated immunity in plants

J Wan, M He, Q Hou, L Zou, Y Yang, Y Wei, X Chen - Stress Biology, 2021 - Springer
The plant cell wall is the first physical and defensive barrier against pathogens. The plant
cell wall usually undergoes dynamic remodeling as an immune response to prevent …

A perspective on the complexity of dietary fiber structures and their potential effect on the gut microbiota

BR Hamaker, YE Tuncil - Journal of molecular biology, 2014 - Elsevier
Even though there are many factors that determine the human colon microbiota composition,
diet is an important one because most microorganisms in the colon obtain energy for their …

The plant invertase/pectin methylesterase inhibitor superfamily

D Coculo, V Lionetti - Frontiers in plant science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Invertases (INVs) and pectin methylesterases (PMEs) are essential enzymes coordinating
carbohydrate metabolism, stress responses, and sugar signaling. INVs catalyzes the …

Pectins functionalized biomaterials; a new viable approach for biomedical applications: A review

A Noreen, J Akram, I Rasul, A Mansha… - International journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Pectins are natural complex heteropolysaccharides, composed of (1, 4)-linked α-d-
galacturonic acid residues and variety of neutral sugars such as rhamnose, galactose and …

Functional diversity within the simple gut microbiota of the honey bee

P Engel, VG Martinson… - Proceedings of the …, 2012 - National Acad Sciences
Animals living in social communities typically harbor a characteristic gut microbiota
important for nutrition and pathogen defense. Accordingly, in the gut of the honey bee, Apis …