Abstract
The ingestion of dietary fibre has been correlated with the prevention of many health-threatening diseases and cancers. Plant cell walls are the major source of dietary fibre and this review investigates the relationship between the structure of different types of plant cell walls and their beneficial effects. The effects of processing and cooking on dietary fibre are also examined. Structure–function relationships between individual cell wall components and the beneficial effects of dietary fibre are not well defined and it may be that the physical, physiochemical and topochemical properties of plant cell walls and their components are also important.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 133-150 |
| Journal | Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture |
| Volume | 70 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Feb 1996 |
UN SDGs
This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
Keywords
- Dietary fibre
- Food processing
- Gastrointestinal tract
- Health
- Lignin
- Plant cell walls
- Polysaccharides
- Structure-benefit relationships
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