Inulin-type fructans : functional food ingredients /: functional food ingredients. (©2005)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Marcel Roberfroid.
• Other Names: Roberfroid, M. B
• Contents: FUNCTIONAL FOODS & CLAIMS: CONCEPTS, STRATEGY OF DEVELOPMENT, REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SCIENTIFIC SUBSTANTIATION OF CLAIMS AND COMMUNICATION TO CONSUMERS; Nutrition in the 20th Century: From Prevention to Deficiencies to Reduction of Risk Due to Excessive Consumption of Nutrients; Nutrition at the Turn of the 20th Century: The new Challenges; The Concept of Optimum Nutrition; Functional Food: A Nutrient Concept; Functional Food: A Consensus of the European Scientific Community; Strategy for the Development of Functional Food; Type A and Type B Claims; The Communication Challenge; Communication of the Functional Effects of a Prebiotic: An Example; Perspectives in Functional Food Development and the Case of the Prebiotics; THE GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM: A MAJOR TARGET FOR FUNCTIONAL FOODS; The Anatomy of the Gastrointestinal System; The Digestive Functions; The Motility; The Endocrinology: Peptide Hormones; The Defense Mechanisms INULIN: A FRUCTAN ; Fructans; Inulin; Chicory Inulin; THE DIGESTIVE FUNCTIONS: INULIN-TYPE FRUCTANS AS NON-DIGESTIBLE OLIGOSACCHARIDES; Digestion of Carbohydrates in the Gastrointestinal Tract; The Absorption of Hexoses in the Small Intestine; Inulin-Type Fructans as Non-Digestible Ologosaccharides (NDOS); Inulin-Type Fructans as Non-Digestible Oligosaccharides: Discussion and Conclusion; THE DIGESTIVE FUNCTIONS: INULIN-TYPE FRUCTANS AS FERMENTABLE CARBOHYDRATES; The Colon as a Fermenter; The Anaerobic Fermentation of Proteins; The Anaerobic Fermentation of Carbohydrates; The Anaerobic Fermentation of Inulin-Type Fructans; THE DIGESTIVE FUNCTIONS: INULIN AND OLIGOFRUCTOSE AS DIETARY FIBER; Dietary Fiber: A Concept in Human Nutrition; Inulin and Oligofructose as Dietary Fiber; INULIN AND OLIGOFRUCTOSE AS LOW CALORIE CARBOHYDRATES; Methodologies to Assess the Energy Value of Inulin-Type Fructans; Assessment of the Energy Value of Inulin and Oligofructose: Results and Discussion; Inulin and Oligofructose as Low Calorie Carbohydrates: Conclusions; INULIN-TYPE FRUCTANS AND THE GASTROINTESTINAL FUNCTIONS: CONCLUSIONS AND PERSPECTIVES ; INULIN-TYPE FRUCTANS AND THE MODULATION OF THE INTESTINAL MICROFLORA: THE PREBIOTIC EFFECTS ; Prebiotics: Definition and Requirements for Scientific Substantiation; Methodologies to Study the Composition of the Gut Microflora; Inulin-Type Fructans Classify as Prebiotic: The Scientific Substantiation; Inulin-Type Fructans as Prebiotics: Discussion & Perspectives; INULIN-TYPE FRUCTANS AND THE INTESTINAL ABSORPTION OF MINERALS; The Physiology of Calcium; The Physiology of Magnesium; The Methodologies to Study Mineral Absorption and Bone Health; Inulin-Type Fructans and the Gastrointestinal Absorption of Other Minerals; Inulin-Type Fructans Mineral Absorption and Bone Health: Discussion, Perspectives and Conclusions; INULIN-TYPE FRUCTANS AND THE HOMEOSTASIS OF LIPIDS; Biochemistry of Lipid Metabolism; Inulin-Type Fructans and Lipid Homeostasis; Inulin-Type Fructans and Lipid Homeostasis: Discussion, Conclusion and Perspectives; INULIN-TYPE FRUCTANS AND THE DEFENSE FUNCTIONS OF THE BODY; Introduction: The Defense Functions of the Body; The Role of the Gastrointestinal System in Body’s Defense; Nutrition and the Gastrointestinal Defense Functions; Inulin-Type Fructans and the Gastrointestinal Defense Functions; Inulin-Type Fructans and the Systemic Defense Functions; Inulin-Type Fructans and the Defense Functions: Overview, Discussion and Perspectives; GENERAL DISCUSSION, PERSPECTIVES, AND CONCLUSIONS; General Discussion; Conclusions and Perspectives
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2005
• Copyright Date: 2005
• Extent: 1 online resource (359 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 612.3; Fructans -- Physiological effect; Inulin -- Physiological effect; Functional foods; MEDICAL -- Nutrition; Nutritive Value; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 0203504933; 9780203504932; 0849300592; 9780849300592
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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