Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1 – Resistant Starch (pp. 1-18)
Mindy Maziarz, Parakat Vijayagopal, Shanil Juma, Victorine Imrhan and Chandan Prasad (Texas Woman’s University, Department of Nutrition and Food Science, Denton, TX, USA)
Chapter 2 – Role of Dietary Fibers on Health of the Gastro-Intestinal System and Related Types of Cancer (pp. 19-42)
Raquel de Pinho Ferreira Guiné (CI&DETS Research Centre and Department of Food Industry, Polytechnic Institute of Viseu, ESAV, Quinta da Alagoa, Estrada de Nelas, Ranhados, Viseu, Portugal)
Chapter 3 – Long Exposure to the Prebiotics Nutriose® FB06 and Raftilose® P95 Increases Uptake of the Short-Chain Fatty Acid Butyrate by Intestinal Epithelial Cells (pp. 43-56)
Cátia Costa, Pedro Gonçalves, Ana Correia-Branco and Fátima Martel (Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine of Porto, University of Porto, Portugal, and others)
Chapter 4 – Evolutionary Roles of Dietary Fiber in Succeeding Metabolic Syndrome (MetS) and Its Responses to a Lifestyle Modification Program: A Brazilian Community-Based Study (pp. 57-68)
Kátia Cristina Portero McLellan, Fernanda Maria Manzini Ramos, José Eduardo Corrente, Lance A. Sloan and Roberto Carlos Burini (São Paulo State University/ UNESP School of Medicine, Botucatu, SP, Brasil, and others)
Chapter 5 – Role of Fiber in Dairy Cow Nutrition and Health (pp. 69-92)
Nazir Ahmad Khan, Katerina Theodoridou and Peiqiang Yu (Department of Animal and Poultry Science, College of Agriculture and Bioresources, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada, and others)
Chapter 6 – Physicochemical Properties and Rheological Behavior of Dietary Fiber Concentrates Obtained from Peach and Quince (pp. 93-112)
Marina De Escalada Pla, Eim Valeria, Roselló Carmen, Gerschenson Lía Noemí and Femenia Antoni (Department of Industry, School of Exact and Natural Sciences, Buenos Aires University, Argentina, and others)
Chapter 7 – Characterization of Fractions Enriched in Dietary Fiber Obtained from Waste (Leaves, Stems, Rhizomes and Peels) of Beta Vulgaris Industrialization (pp. 113-134)
Elizabeth Erhardt, Cinthia Santo Domingo, Ana Maria Rojas, Eliana Fissore and Lía Gerschenson (Department of Industry, School of Exact and Natural Sciences, Buenos Aires University, Argentina, and others)
Chapter 8 – Dietary Fiber Intake Associated with Reduced Risk of Epithelial Ovarian Cancer in Southern Chinese Women (pp. 135-144)
Li Tang, Andy H. Lee, Dada Su and Colin W. Binns (School of Public Health, Curtin University, Perth, WA, Australia)
Chapter 9 – Dietary Fiber From Agroindustrial By-Products: Orange Peel Flour As Functional Ingredient in Meat Products (pp. 145-158)
M. Lourdes Pérez-Chabela, Juana Chaparro-Hernández and Alfonso Totosaus (Biotechnology Department, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Iztapalapa, Distrito Federal, México City, México, and others)
Chapter 10 – Microbial Exopolysaccharides As Alternative Sources of Dietary Fibers with Interesting Functional and Healthy Properties (pp. 159-178)
Habib Chouchane, Mohamed Neifar, Noura Raddadi, Fabio Fava, Ahmed Slaheddine Masmoudi and Ameur Cherif (Laboratory of Biotechnology and Bio-Geo Resources Valorization, Higher Institute for Biotechnology, Biotechpole Sidi Thabet, University of Manouba, Ariana, Tunisia, and others)
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