ArticleNature food2021
Structure-function studies of chickpea and durum wheat uncover mechanisms by which cell wall properties influence starch bioaccessibility.
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- Effectiveness of Chickpeas on Blood Sugar: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Nutrients · 2023Pooled it
- A comparison of the effects of resistant starch types on glycemic response in individuals with type 2 diabetes or prediabetes: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in nutrition · 2023Pooled it
- Pulse consumption improves indices of glycemic control in adults with and without type 2 diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis of acute and long-term randomized controlled trials.European journal of nutrition · 2022Pooled it
- Effect of dietary chickpea structures on the small intestine metabolome and microbiome: a randomised crossover trial.Nature communications · 2026Trial
- Metabolizable Energy Value of Chickpeas and Lentils in the Human Diet: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Nutrients · 2025Trial
- Upper-gastrointestinal tract metabolite profile regulates glycaemic and satiety responses to meals with contrasting structure: a pilot study.Nature metabolism · 2025Trial
- Enhanced secretion of satiety-promoting gut hormones in healthy humans after consumption of white bread enriched with cellular chickpea flour: A randomized crossover study.The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2023Trial
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- Enhancement of extraction efficiency and functional properties of chickpea protein isolate using pulsed electric field combined with ultrasound treatment.Ultrasonics sonochemistry · 2024Article
- Effects of Kiwifruit Dietary Fibers on Pasting Properties and In Vitro Starch Digestibility of Wheat Starch.Nutrients · 2024Article
- Assessment of the Bioaccessibility of Carotenoids in Goji Berry (Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Enzyme kinetic approach for mechanistic insight and predictions ofTrends in food science & technology · 2022Review
- Improving bioaccessibility and physicochemical property of blue-grained wholemeal flour by steam explosion.Frontiers in nutrition · 2022Article
- Effect of steam explosion on nutritional components, physicochemical and rheological properties of brown rice powder.Frontiers in nutrition · 2022Article
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5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Positive health effects of dietary fibre have been established; however, the underpinning mechanisms are not well understood. Plant cell walls are the predominant source of fibre in the diet. They encapsulate intracellular starch and delay digestive enzyme ingress, but food processing can disrupt the structure. Here we compare digestion kinetics of chickpea (cotyledon) and durum wheat (endosperm), which have contrasting cell wall structures (Type I and II, respectively), to investigate a 'cell-wall barrier' mechanism that may underpin the health effects of dietary fibre. Using
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