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Characterization and in vitro digestibility of by-products from Brazilian food industry: cassava bagasse, orange bagasse and passion fruit peel
In conclusion, the tested by-products are good sources of diverse types of fibres and have a great potential to be incorporated into different food products, decreasing food waste and contributing to a sustainable food system.Graphical abstract (Source: Bioactive Carbohydrates and Dietary Fibre)
Source: Bioactive Carbohydrates and Dietary Fibre - August 8, 2018 Category: Food Science Source Type: research

Antitumor Effect of A Crude Protein-Bound Polysaccharide Substance Extracted From Volvariella speciosa
Publication date: Available online 30 July 2018Source: Bioactive Carbohydrates and Dietary FibreAuthor(s): Faten Hereher, Amira ElFallal, Mohammed Abou-Dobara, Elshahat TosonAbstractMushroom polysaccharides, as the main active ingredient in the mushroom, inhibit cancer cells by activating host immune system. These special properties along with minimal side effects make mushroom polysaccharides as novel anticancer therapies. The present study involved the investigation of polysaccharides from fruit bodies of Volvariella speciosa on growth of Ehrlich ascites carcinoma (EAC) cell lines. In a pilot study two modes of treatment...
Source: Bioactive Carbohydrates and Dietary Fibre - July 31, 2018 Category: Food Science Source Type: research

Inhibitory Effect of fermented pectin on Digestive Enzymes Related to obesity, Hyperlipidemia and hyperglycaemia; and Liver-Kidney tissues toxicities
Publication date: Available online 26 July 2018Source: Bioactive Carbohydrates and Dietary FibreAuthor(s): Khaled Hamden, Mohamed Ali Boujibiha, Nouha ben Abdeljelil, Manel Njima, Lotfi AchourAbstractConsumption of a high fat and sugar diets induced serious disorders and diseases such as obesity, hyperlipidemia and type2 diabetes. Food fibre exerts various beneficial effects in health. The present study evaluate the effect of Soluble Fermentable Dietary Pectin (SFDP) in high-fat/fructose diet (HFFD) induced obesity, hyperlipidemia and hyperglycaemia. The findings indicate that administration of SFDP to HFFD rats improved b...
Source: Bioactive Carbohydrates and Dietary Fibre - July 27, 2018 Category: Food Science Source Type: research

The impact of dietary fibres on the physiological processes of the large intestine
Publication date: Available online 18 July 2018Source: Bioactive Carbohydrates and Dietary FibreAuthor(s): Saloni Gill, Peter I. Chater, Matthew D. Wilcox, Jeffrey P. Pearson, Iain A. BrownleeAbstractNo endogenous secretion of digestive enzymes occurs within the human large intestine, yet this region of the gut still has an important role in the absorption of water and a range of nutrients. In parallel, the large intestine must also cope with a high load of micro-organisms and an increasing concentration of potentially toxic agents. The duality of these roles (facilitating absorption while effectively partitioning damaging...
Source: Bioactive Carbohydrates and Dietary Fibre - July 19, 2018 Category: Food Science Source Type: research

Effect of ultra high temperature processing and storage conditions on phenolic acid, avenanthramide, free fatty acid and volatile profiles from Australian oat grains
Publication date: Available online 22 September 2016Source: Bioactive Carbohydrates and Dietary FibreAuthor(s): Jasmeet Kaur, Andrew Whitson, John Ashton, Lita Katopo, Stefan KasapisAbstractThe present study examines the influence of ultra high temperature (UHT) treatment and storage conditions (22 and 40 °C) on the phenolic acid and avenanthramide composition of oat samples during 12-week shelf life. The evolution of free fatty acid and volatile compounds is also investigated due to their impact on storage quality. Ferulic acid is found as the most abundant phenolic acid in oat samples followed by p-coumaric acid. C...
Source: Bioactive Carbohydrates and Dietary Fibre - July 10, 2018 Category: Food Science Source Type: research

Impact of dietary fibre on in vitro digestibility of modified tapioca starch: viscosity effect
Publication date: Available online 10 November 2016Source: Bioactive Carbohydrates and Dietary FibreAuthor(s): Nikolay Repin, Steve W. Cui, H. Douglas GoffAbstractIn the current work, amylolysis of modified tapioca starch in simulated small intestinal conditions was studied in the presence of each of four dietary fibre types including yellow mustard mucilage, soluble flaxseed gum, fenugreek gum or oat gum. Each fibre was used at concentrations that were matched across the four fibre types for post-digestion viscosity. Due to molecular heterogeneity these concentrations were different for each fibre. The progress of amyloly...
Source: Bioactive Carbohydrates and Dietary Fibre - July 10, 2018 Category: Food Science Source Type: research

Enhanced production and antioxidant activity of endo-polysaccharides from Phellinus igniarius mutants screened by low power He-Ne laser and ultraviolet induction
In this study, a Phellinus igniarius mutant was screened through low power He-Ne laser and ultraviolet (UV) induction. The mutant was then used to improve the production of endo-polysaccharides. In the shake flasks, the dry weight of the mycelial biomass and the production of endo-polysaccharides derived from the screened mutant (JZx) fermentation were 20.715 g/L and 1.428 g/L, respectively, which were 40.31% and 56.58% higher than those of the control strain (CK). In addition, isozyme electropheresis spectrogram analysis results indicated that the genetic materials of the screened mutants were altered. The endo-...
Source: Bioactive Carbohydrates and Dietary Fibre - July 10, 2018 Category: Food Science Source Type: research

Impact of resistant vs. digested starch on starch energy value in the pig gut
Publication date: Available online 4 August 2017Source: Bioactive Carbohydrates and Dietary FibreAuthor(s): Janelle M. Fouhse, Ruurd T. ZijlstraAbstractA major energy substrate for monogastric species such as humans and swine is starch from cereal grains, pulses and tubers. The rate, site and extent of starch digestion in the gastro-intestinal tract are dependent on the intrinsic factors of starch origin and the extrinsic factors such as applied processing methods. In monogastric species, starch escaping small intestinal digestion becomes readily available for microbial fermentation in the hindgut and has been coined resis...
Source: Bioactive Carbohydrates and Dietary Fibre - July 10, 2018 Category: Food Science Source Type: research

Biological and pharmaceutical activities of mushroom β-glucan discussed as a potential functional food ingredient
Publication date: Available online 27 December 2017Source: Bioactive Carbohydrates and Dietary FibreAuthor(s): Asma Ashraf Khan, Adil Gani, Firdous A. Khanday, F.A. MasoodiAbstractMushroom species have been recognized as medicinal plant due to presence of various bioactive compounds. The well known bioactive compound for biological and pharmaceutical activities present in mushroom species is β-glucan. The β-glucan from other sources like yeasts and cereals is well summarized in the literature, but mushroom β-glucan is not well documented. Mushroom β-glucans provide a unique opportunity for the discovery of novel therap...
Source: Bioactive Carbohydrates and Dietary Fibre - July 10, 2018 Category: Food Science Source Type: research

Influence of low molecular weight compounds associated to cashew (Anacardium occidentale L.) fiber on lipid metabolism, glycemia and insulinemia of normal mice
The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of cashew fiber wheter or not associated with low molecular weight compounds on lipid profile, abdominal adiposity, glycemia and insulinemia and serum concentration of ghrelin and leptin hormones from normal mice. We evaluated the cashew fiber in its integral form (IcF) and the cashew fiber after being submitted to the process of extraction of low molecular weight metabolites (cFSM). The two fibers were incorporated into the feed of male Swiss mice for 15 weeks. At the end of the treatment, blood glucose, total cholesterol and fractions, triglycerides, urea, AST, ALT, ...
Source: Bioactive Carbohydrates and Dietary Fibre - July 10, 2018 Category: Food Science Source Type: research

Aims and Scope & Editorial Board
Publication date: January 2018Source: Bioactive Carbohydrates and Dietary Fibre, Volume 13Author(s): (Source: Bioactive Carbohydrates and Dietary Fibre)
Source: Bioactive Carbohydrates and Dietary Fibre - July 10, 2018 Category: Food Science Source Type: research

Alterations in the amounts of microbial metabolites in different regions of the mouse large intestine using variably fermentable fibres
Publication date: January 2018Source: Bioactive Carbohydrates and Dietary Fibre, Volume 13Author(s): Amandeep Kaur, Yunus E. Tuncil, Masoumeh Sikaroodi, Patrick Gillevet, John A. Patterson, Ali Keshavarzian, Bruce R. HamakerAbstractUnderstanding the fermentation profiles of dietary fibres in the different regions of the large intestine is needed to design dietary strategies for desired outcomes related to health such as targeting region-specific diseases. In order to test how variably fermentable dietary fibres affect microbial fermentation metabolites in different regions of the large intestine, mice were fed with fructoo...
Source: Bioactive Carbohydrates and Dietary Fibre - July 10, 2018 Category: Food Science Source Type: research

Towards Acacia seyal protocol in Sudan: Preliminary study pertinent to colour identification and physiochemical properties
Publication date: Available online 12 February 2018Source: Bioactive Carbohydrates and Dietary FibreAuthor(s): S. Awad Sara, A. Rabah Ali, I. Ali Hassan, E. Mahmoud Tarig, A. Mudawi HassanAbstractDespite the significant contribution of A. seyal to the exports portfolio of Sudan, farmers have slightly poor knowledge regarding post-harvest cultural practices in terms of proper methods of gum drying, storage conditions and gum stacking which might significantly be resulted in colour deterioration and inferior quality. Nevertheless, the current preliminary investigation is intended to study colour identification and physiochem...
Source: Bioactive Carbohydrates and Dietary Fibre - July 10, 2018 Category: Food Science Source Type: research

Optimization of culture conditions for kefiran production in whey: The structural and biocidal properties of the resulting polysaccharide
In this study, the culture conditions necessary for the effective production of kefiran, using whey as a substrate, were evaluated through the one-factor-at-a-time and central-composite design methods. Using the optimal factors (whey supplemented with 15% (w/v) glucose fermented at 30 °C for 10 h without shaking), 0.20 g L−1 h−1 kefir grains composed of 18.57% (w/w) kefiran was obtained. The resulting polysaccharide was analyzed by high-pressure size-exclusion chromatography, gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, nuclear magnetic resonance, Fourier-transform infrared and Raman spectroscopy. Altogether, the res...
Source: Bioactive Carbohydrates and Dietary Fibre - July 10, 2018 Category: Food Science Source Type: research

Novel Thiolated Chitosan-Polyethyleneglycol blend/Montmorillonite composite formulations for the oral delivery of insulin
Publication date: Available online 20 February 2018Source: Bioactive Carbohydrates and Dietary FibreAuthor(s): Thayyath Sreenivasan Anirudhan, Jayasree ParvathyAbstractA novel drug delivery system is architectured at achieving systematically improved therapeutic success for drugs including those that have limited use because of toxicity, uneven distribution pattern, stability and formulation of difficulties. In the present work, we report on the preparation of a novel composite formulation, i.e., biodegradable Thiolated Chitosan- Polyethylene Glycol (TCS-PEG) blend incorporated with medical clay, MMT called TCS-PEG/MMT com...
Source: Bioactive Carbohydrates and Dietary Fibre - July 10, 2018 Category: Food Science Source Type: research