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dietary fiber |
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Dietary fiber is a molecular entity that may be contained in a food item or dietary supplement that has been ingested by a human, and that is not digestible by human gastrointestinal tract. Chemically, what is commonly called dietary fiber includes non-starch polysaccharides (e.g. cellulose or hemicellulose) and other plant and animal origin such as waxes, chitins, pectins, dextrins, inulin, lignin and oligosaccharides. Commonly used name 'dietary fiber' is actually a misnomer, since many types of so-called dietary fiber are not of fibrous texture, nor they are all chemically polysaccharides (e.g. waxes are esters). [Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dietary_fiber ] Definition source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dietary_fiber |
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Commonly used name 'dietary fiber' is actually a misnomer, since many types of so-called dietary fiber are not of fibrous texture, nor they are all chemically polysaccharides (e.g. waxes are esters). [Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dietary_fiber ] Definition source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dietary_fiber |
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Dietary fiber is a molecular entity that may be contained in a food item or dietary supplement that has been ingested by a human, and that is not digestible by human gastrointestinal tract. Chemically, what is commonly called dietary fiber includes non-starch polysaccharides (e.g. cellulose or hemicellulose) and other plant and animal origin such as waxes, chitins, pectins, dextrins, inulin, lignin and oligosaccharides. |
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Curation status: Incomplete |
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dietary fiber |
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ONSTR:ONSTR_3258876 |
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dietary fiber |
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