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 …

Re-evaluation of the mechanisms of dietary fibre and implications for macronutrient bioaccessibility, digestion and postprandial metabolism

MML Grundy, CH Edwards, AR Mackie… - British Journal of …, 2016 - cambridge.org
The positive effects of dietary fibre on health are now widely recognised; however, our
understanding of the mechanisms involved in producing such benefits remains unclear …

[HTML][HTML] Cholesterol-lowering effects of oat β-glucan: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

A Whitehead, EJ Beck, S Tosh, TMS Wolever - The American journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
Background: Health claims regarding the cholesterol-lowering effect of soluble fiber from oat
products, approved by food standards agencies worldwide, are based on a diet containing≥ …

The effects of soluble dietary fibers on glycemic response: an overview and futures perspectives

EB Giuntini, FAH Sardá, EW de Menezes - Foods, 2022 - mdpi.com
The properties of each food, composition, and structure affect the digestion and absorption
of nutrients. Dietary fiber (DF), especially viscous DF, can contribute to a reduction in the …

Biological approaches for extraction of bioactive compounds from agro-industrial by-products: a review

AC Lemes, MB Egea, JG Oliveira Filho… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Bioactive compounds can provide health benefits beyond the nutritional value and are
originally present or added to food matrices. However, because they are part of the food …

Structural features, modification, and functionalities of beta-glucan

R Kaur, M Sharma, D Ji, M Xu, D Agyei - Fibers, 2019 - mdpi.com
Β-glucan is a strongly hydrophilic non-starchy polysaccharide, which, when incorporated in
food, is renowned for its ability to alter functional characteristics such as viscosity, rheology …

Cereal B-glucans: The impact of processing and how it affects physiological responses

M Henrion, C Francey, KA Lê, L Lamothe - Nutrients, 2019 - mdpi.com
Cereal β-glucans are dietary fibres primarily found in oats and barley, and have several
positive effects on health, including lowering the postprandial glucose response and the …

Cholesterol-lowering effects of oat β-glucan

RA Othman, MH Moghadasian, PJH Jones - Nutrition reviews, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Elevated total and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol levels are considered major risk
factors for cardiovascular disease. Oat β-glucan, a soluble dietary fiber that is found in the …

[HTML][HTML] Physicochemical properties of oat β-glucan influence its ability to reduce serum LDL cholesterol in humans: a randomized clinical trial

TMS Wolever, SM Tosh, AL Gibbs… - The American journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
Background: Consumption of 3 g oat β-glucan/d is considered sufficient to lower serum LDL
cholesterol, but some studies have shown no effect. LDL cholesterol lowering by oat β …

High molecular weight barley β-glucan alters gut microbiota toward reduced cardiovascular disease risk

Y Wang, NP Ames, HM Tun, SM Tosh… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
The physiological cholesterol-lowering benefits of β-glucan have been well documented,
however, whether modulation of gut microbiota by β-glucan is associated with these …