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ReviewFood science & nutrition2022

Fiber-enriched botanicals: A therapeutic tool against certain metabolic ailments.

Waseem Khalid, Muhammad Sajid Arshad, Ayesha Jabeen, Faqir Muhammad Anjum, Tahira Batool Qaisrani, Hafiz Ansar Rasul Suleria

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Review in Food science & nutrition, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

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26citing papers in PubMed
6.5field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

26 citing papers in PubMed, 65 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Waseem KhalidDepartment of Food Science Faculty of Life Sciences Government College University Faisalabad Pakistan.
Muhammad Sajid ArshadDepartment of Food Science Faculty of Life Sciences Government College University Faisalabad Pakistan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9564-886X
Ayesha JabeenDepartment of Food Science Faculty of Life Sciences Government College University Faisalabad Pakistan.
Faqir Muhammad AnjumUniversity of the Gambia Banjul The Gambia.
Tahira Batool QaisraniDepartment of Agricultural Engineering and Technology Ghazi University Dera Ghazi Khan Pakistan.
Hafiz Ansar Rasul SuleriaDepartment of Agriculture and Food Systems The University of Melbourne Melbourne Australia.
Government College University, Faisalabad · PKGhazi University · PKThe University of Melbourne · AUUniversity of the Gambia · GM

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Plant-based foods are natural sources including vegetables, fruits, cereals and legumes. These foods consist of various types of nutrients in which carbohydrate is the basic component. However, some plant-based diets contain carbohydrates in the form of fiber. The fiber is usually a nondigestible polysaccharide that is not digested in the human body. It is present in the form of soluble or insoluble in different part of foods like peel, bran, pulp and grain. Pectin, beta-glucan, mucilage, psyllium, resistant starch and inulin are soluble fiber, and cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin are insoluble fiber attained from plant foods. The major function enhances immunity by creating gastrointestinal barrier, mucus production, immune cell activity and IgA level. Previous evidences showed that peoples with strong immunity have fewer chances of viral disease. A recent viral disease named COVID-19 spread in the world and millions of peoples died due to this viral disease. Coronavirus mostly attacks humans that suffer with weak immune system. It is due chronic diseases like diabetes and CVD (cardiovascular disease). The current review shows that fiber-containing plant-based foods boost immunity and aid human against COVID-19. The therapeutic role of fiber in the human body is to control the risk of hypertension and diabetes because a high-fiber diet has the ability to lower cholesterol, blood pressure and blood sugar. Fibers aid in GIT (gastrointestinal tract) and prevent constipation because it absorbs water and adds bulk to stool.

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COVID‐19diseasesfiberimmune systemplant‐based foods

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PMID36249968
PMCPMC9548355
OpenAlexW4293207292

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