Resistant starch
I.T. Johnson
(I.T. Johnson is Head of the Intestinal Growth and Function Group, and J.M. Gee is a co‐researcher in the same group, at The Institute of Food Research, Norwich Laboratory, UK)
J.M. Gee
(J.M. Gee is a co‐researcher in the same group, at The Institute of Food Research, Norwich Laboratory, UK)
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Abstract
Resistant starch is that fraction which escapes digestion and absorption in the small intestine of healthy individuals. Recent studies have focused attention on the origin and quantity of this material in our diets, and its role as a source of fermentable carbohydrate for the colonic flora.
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Citation
Johnson, I.T. and Gee, J.M. (1996), "Resistant starch", Nutrition & Food Science, Vol. 96 No. 1, pp. 20-23. https://doi.org/10.1108/00346659610105842
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
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