Fiber, dietary soluble

The variation ia water solubiUty among polysaccharides results ia varied physiological roles. Plant ceU-waH polysaccharides and lignin provide iasoluble dietary fiber (IDF) nondigestible storage polysaccharides, some pectic polysaccharides, and most of the functional additives contribute soluble dietary fiber (SDF). 

Dietary fiber is the accepted terminology ia the United States for nutritional labeling. Total dietary fiber (I DF) and its subfractions, insoluble dietary fiber (IDF) and soluble dietary fiber (SDF), are defined analytically by official methods (3—5). 

Pasquier B, Armand M, Guillon F, Castelain C, Borel P, Barry JL, Pieroni G and Lairon D. 1996. Viscous soluble dietary fibers alter emulsification and lipolysis of triacylglycerols in duodenal medium in vitro. J Nutr Biochem 7 293—302. 

Ramalu P and Rao PU. 2003. Total, insoluble and soluble dietary fiber contents of Indian fruits. J Food Compos Anal 16 677-685. 

Arjmandi, B. H., Craig, J., Nathani, S., and Reeves, R. D. (1992). Soluble dietary fiber and cholesterol influence in vivo hepatic and intestinal cholesterol biosynthesis in rats. /. Nutr. 122,1559-1565. 

HV151 Kanauchi O., T. Nakamura, K. Agata, and T. Fushiki. Preventive effect of germinated barley foodstuff on diarrhea induced by water-soluble dietary fiber in rats. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 1997 61(3) 449-354. 

AOAC International. (1995). AOAC Method 991.43, Total, Insoluble and Soluble Dietary Fiber in Food—Enzymatic-Gravimetrie Method, MES-TRIS Buffer. Official Methods of Analysis, 16th ed., Gaithersburg, MD. 

Sea animals are rich in soluble dietary fibers, proteins, minerals, vitamins, antioxidants, phytochemicals, and polyunsaturated fatty acids, with low caloric value. Polysaccharides from marine animals have been reported to possess biological activities with potential medicinal values in addition to their current status as a source of dietary fibers and prebiotics. Moreover, they have a lot of dietary fiber, which lowers blood cholesterol, and iodine, which improves metabolism, vascular and cardiac action, body temperature, and perspiration regulation, and are effective in... 

Guar gum is a low-viscosity water-soluble dietary fiber that has been used to treat diabetes because it slows the absorption of glucose from the gut. However, adverse effects such as regurgitation, obstipation, abdominal... 

Watanabe, K., et al. 1993. Investigation on rectal absorption of indomethacin from sustained-release hydrogel suppositories prepared with water-soluble dietary fibers, xanthan gum and locust bean gum. Biol Pharm Bull 16 391. 

High in pectin and other types of soluble dietary fiber... 

A delivery system and method for delivering soluble dietary fibers in a chewable tablet form is described. The fiber is inulin from Jerusalem artichoke and other sources. 

Guar gum is a low-viscosity water-soluble dietary fiber that has been used to treat diabetes because it slows the absorption of glucose from the gut. However, adverse effects such as regurgitation, obstipation, abdominal cramps, diarrhea, and itching are common (1). Partially hydrolysed guar gum has been added to enteral formulas and food products as a source of dietary fiber it can reduce laxative use, diarrhea in septic patients receiving total enteral nutrition, and symptoms of irritable bowel sjmdrome (2). 

The present review indicates that while pectin products continue to serve as a well-established food additive for technological purposes, the application of pectins for health benefits has many potential opportunities. In the last few decades, considerable research has been done on the physiological effects of pectin in humans as a water-soluble dietary fiber supplement. Some novel pharmacological activities of pectins and pectic polysaccharides are gaining more attention. Although most natural pectins from fruits and vegetables have not been shown to have these activities, chemical and enzymatic modifications may provide useful tools for producing such products for human health care. 

Haskell, W.L., Spiller, G.A., Jensen, C.D., Ellis, B.K. and Gates, J.E. 1992. Role of water soluble dietary fiber in the management of elevated plasma cholesterol in healthy subjects, Am. J. Cardiol., 69(5) 433—439. 

Figure 1. Relation between the soluble dietary fiber fraction and associated ash in wheat products. (Reproduced, with permission, from Rej. 11. Copyright 1980, American Society for Clinical Nutrition.)...

Nutriloid. [TIC Gums] Nutritonal functional soluble dietary fiber. 

Watanabe K, Yakou S, Takayama K, Machida Y, Nagai T. Factors affecting prednisolone release from hydrogels prepared with water-soluble dietary fibers, xanthan and locust bean gums. Chem Pharm Bull 1992 40 459-462. 

In the past four decades, researchers have foimd that soluble dietary fibers are negatively associated with obesity. Marine algae is particularly rich in two different types of fiber, soluble and insoluble (Table 4.1 Lahaye, 1991). Eisenia bicyclis, sometimes referred as Arame, contained more than 50% soluble fiber of its dry weight the other brown algae species, F. vesiculosus, contained aroimd 40% insoluble fiber per dry weight (Lahaye, 1991 Ruperez and Saura-Calixto, 2001). In human... 

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