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Inulin-type fructans : functional food ingredients
- Title
- Inulin-type fructans : functional food ingredients / Marcel Roberfroid.
- Author
- Roberfroid, M. B.
- Publication
- Boca Raton : CRC Press, [2005], ©2005.
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- Description
- 359 pages : illustrations; 25 cm.
- Summary
- "Inulin-Type Fructans: Functional Food Ingredients describes Inulin-type fructans and explains how they can be analyzed, quantified, and used in a wide variety of food products. The text evaluates the nutritional properties of inulin-type fructans, focusing on their behavior in the upper gastrointestinal tract that have led to their classification as dietary fiber and low calorie carbohydrates."--BOOK JACKET.
- Series Statement
- CRC series in modern nutrition
- Uniform Title
- Modern nutrition (Boca Raton, Fla.)
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Ch. 1. Functional foods and claims : concepts, strategy of development, requirements for the scientific substantiation of claims, and communication with consumers -- Ch. 2. The gastrointestinal system : a major target for functional foods -- Ch. 3. Inulin : a fructan -- Ch. 4. The digestive functions : inulin-type fructans as nondigestible oligosaccharides -- Ch. 5. The digestive functions : inulin-type fructans as fermentable carbohydrates -- Ch. 6. The digestive functions : inulin and oligofructose as dietary fiber -- Ch. 7. Inulin and oligofructose as low-calorie carbohydrates -- Ch. 8. Inulin-type fructans and gastrointestinal functions : conclusions and perspectives -- Ch. 9. Inulin-type fructans and the modulation of the intestinal microflora : the prebiotic effect -- Ch. 10. Inulin-type fructans and the intestinal absorption of minerals -- Ch. 11. Inulin-type fructans and the homeostasis of lipids -- Ch. 12. Inulin-type fructans and the defense functions of the body -- Ch. 13. General discussion, perspectives, and conclusions.
- ISBN
- 0849300592
- LCCN
- 2004050338
- OCLC
- ocm55131265
- SCSB-5115830
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries