ReviewPlant foods for human nutrition (Dordrecht, Netherlands)2015
Fructose and Fructans: Opposite Effects on Health?
Review in Plant foods for human nutrition (Dordrecht, Netherlands), 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 31 citations in OpenAlex.
- Pathogenic aspects of fructose consumption in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD): A narrative review.Cell stress · 2025Review
- Effects of dietary supplementation of cobiotic based on Agave fructans on growth performance, blood parameters, oxidative damage and immune status of broiler.Tropical animal health and production · 2024Article
- Daily Intake of Smallanthus sonchifolius (Yacon) Roots Reduces the Progression of Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver in Rats Fed a High Fructose Diet.Plant foods for human nutrition (Dordrecht, Netherlands) · 2022Article
- Ecological memory of prior nutrient exposure in the human gut microbiome.The ISME journal · 2022Article
- Assessing the Nutritional Value of Root and Tuber Crops from Bolivia and Peru.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2019Article
- A 6&1-FEH Encodes an Enzyme for Fructan Degradation and Interact with Invertase Inhibitor Protein in Maize (International journal of molecular sciences · 2019Article
- Infant food applications of complex carbohydrates: Structure, synthesis, and function.Carbohydrate research · 2017Review
- Fructans from Agave tequilana with a Lower Degree of Polymerization Prevent Weight Gain, Hyperglycemia and Liver Steatosis in High-Fat Diet-Induced Obese Mice.Plant foods for human nutrition (Dordrecht, Netherlands) · 2016Article
- Yacon (Smallanthus sonchifolius) as a Food Supplement: Health-Promoting Benefits of Fructooligosaccharides.Nutrients · 2016Review
- Dextrins from Maize Starch as Substances Activating the Growth of Bacteroidetes and Actinobacteria Simultaneously Inhibiting the Growth of Firmicutes, Responsible for the Occurrence of Obesity.Plant foods for human nutrition (Dordrecht, Netherlands) · 2016Article
- Presence of Inulin-Type Fructo-Oligosaccharides and Shift from Raffinose Family Oligosaccharide to Fructan Metabolism in Leaves of Boxtree (Buxus sempervirens).Frontiers in plant science · 2016Article
- Fructans and other water soluble carbohydrates in vegetative organs and fruits of different Musa spp. accessions.Frontiers in plant science · 2015Article
- 1-FFT amino acids involved in high DP inulin accumulation in Viguiera discolor.Frontiers in plant science · 2015Article
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2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Fructans are fructose-based oligo-and polysaccharides of natural origin. Fructan and fructose species are sometimes confused by the great public, although they clearly have different biochemical and physiological properties. This review discusses aspects of the use of fructose and fructans in foods in the context of human health, with possible differential effects on cellular autophagy in cells of the human body. Although there are uncertainties on the daily levels of ingested fructose to be considered harmful to human health, there is an emerging consensus on the benefits of the use of fructans in functional foods, sustaining health via direct immunomodulatory and antioxidant effects or through indirect, prebiotic mechanisms.
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