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SUBMITTER: Marcotuli I
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4821454 | biostudies-literature | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Marcotuli Ilaria I Houston Kelly K Schwerdt Julian G JG Waugh Robbie R Fincher Geoffrey B GB Burton Rachel A RA Blanco Antonio A Gadaleta Agata A
PloS one 20160405 4
Non-starch polysaccharides (NSPs) have many health benefits, including immunomodulatory activity, lowering serum cholesterol, a faecal bulking effect, enhanced absorption of certain minerals, prebiotic effects and the amelioration of type II diabetes. The principal components of the NSP in cereal grains are (1,3;1,4)-β-glucans and arabinoxylans. Although (1,3;1,4)-β-glucan (hereafter called β-glucan) is not the most representative component of wheat cell walls, it is one of the most important ty ...[more]