Taxonomic group: plant / Streptophyta
(Phylum: Streptophyta)
Publication DOI: 10.1300/J133v02n04_03Journal NLM ID: 9889821Publisher: Binghamton, NY: Pharmaceutical Products Press
Correspondence: wildman
louisiana.edu
Institutions: Division of Foods and Nutrition, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA, Dietetics Program, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, USA, Department of Human Nutrition, Kansas State University, Manhattan, USA
Over the years numerous studies have lauded the benefits of a high fiber diet. In fact, fiber along with β-carotene and co-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids may be viewed as the emissaries of the modern day nutraceutical and functional foods field. In accordance, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have approved the use of several health claims related to either the specific or general fiber content of a food. Fiberous molecules include the complex carbohydrates cellulose, hemicelluloses, pectin, algal polysaccharides and mucilages along with the polyphenolic structural molecule lignin. While by strict definition fiber is not considered dietary essential, the health promoting benefits of higher fiber diet has made this class of nutrients very recognizable in the rapidly developing nutraceutical field. Fiber consumption has been linked in decreased incidence of heart disease, various types of cancer, and diverticulosis. While still controversial, it has also been proposed that fiber might be beneficial to individuals with diabetes mellitus in controlling their blood glucose response to a given meal. Fiber structure, physical properties and their role in health promotion will be discussed in this review.
diabetes, cancer, fiber, nutraceuticals, functional foods, heart disease
Structure type: homopolymer
Location inside paper: p. 22, Fig. 1, structure
Trivial name: methyl glucose lipopolysaccharide, glucan, maltosaccharide, α-1,4-D-glucan, amylose, α-glucan, glycogen backbone, α-(1,4)-glucan, starch, α-(1-4)-glucan, starch, glycogen
Compound class: CPS, EPS, O-polysaccharide, cell wall polysaccharide, glucan, polysaccharide, methyl glucose lipopolysaccharide
Contained glycoepitopes: IEDB_140629,IEDB_142488,IEDB_144998,IEDB_146664,IEDB_420417,IEDB_420418,IEDB_420421,IEDB_857742,IEDB_983931,SB_192
Related record ID(s): 66437
NCBI Taxonomy refs (TaxIDs): 33090Reference(s) to other database(s): GTC:G05740LL, GlycomeDB:
12100, CCSD:
4943, CBank-STR:819
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There is only one chemically distinct structure:
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