A review of health-beneficial properties of oats

D Paudel, B Dhungana, M Caffe, P Krishnan - Foods, 2021 - mdpi.com
Oat is among the food crops and ancient grains cultivated and consumed worldwide. It is
gaining in popularity owing to its nutritional composition and multifunctional benefits of …

A concise review on the molecular structure and function relationship of β-glucan

B Du, M Meenu, H Liu, B Xu - International journal of molecular sciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
β-glucan is a non-starch soluble polysaccharide widely present in yeast, mushrooms,
bacteria, algae, barley, and oat. β-Glucan is regarded as a functional food ingredient due to …

Beta-glucans from edible and medicinal mushrooms: Characteristics, physicochemical and biological activities

F Zhu, B Du, Z Bian, B Xu - Journal of Food Composition and Analysis, 2015 - Elsevier
One of the main active components from mushrooms was recently identified as β-glucan.
Health-promoting β-glucans are an auspicious group of polysaccharides. β-Glucans from …

Structural features, modification, and functionalities of beta-glucan

R Kaur, M Sharma, D Ji, M Xu, D Agyei - Fibers, 2019 - mdpi.com
Β-glucan is a strongly hydrophilic non-starchy polysaccharide, which, when incorporated in
food, is renowned for its ability to alter functional characteristics such as viscosity, rheology …

Production of resistant starch from rice by dual autoclaving-retrogradation treatment: Invitro digestibility, thermal and structural characterization

BA Ashwar, A Gani, IA Wani, A Shah, FA Masoodi… - Food …, 2016 - Elsevier
In this work, a dual autoclaving-retrogradation treatment was designed for preparing
resistant starch from four rice cultivars and its impact on invitro digestibility, pasting, thermal …

The interaction between insoluble and soluble fiber

D Mudgil - Dietary fiber for the prevention of cardiovascular …, 2017 - Elsevier
Dietary fiber has been extensively studied in last few decades for their physiological health
benefits. Depending on its solubility, dietary fibers are classified in two groups—soluble and …

Cholesterol-lowering effects of oat β-glucan

RA Othman, MH Moghadasian, PJH Jones - Nutrition reviews, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Elevated total and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol levels are considered major risk
factors for cardiovascular disease. Oat β-glucan, a soluble dietary fiber that is found in the …

Physiological functionalities and mechanisms of β-glucans

J Bai, Y Ren, Y Li, M Fan, H Qian, L Wang, G Wu… - Trends in Food Science …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background β-Glucans are polysaccharides constructed of glucose monomers linked by β-
glucosidic bonds, which mainly exist in cereals (barley and oat), yeast and mushrooms …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of β-glucan on metabolic diseases: A review from the gut microbiota perspective

C Chen, X Huang, H Wang, F Geng, S Nie - Current Opinion in Food …, 2022 - Elsevier
Metabolic diseases (MDs) are defined as the cluster of metabolic disorders that can lead to a
broad spectrum of pathologies. The gut microbiota played a critical role in the development …

Effect of d-galactose on physicochemical and functional properties of soy protein isolate during Maillard reaction

Q Zhang, X Long, J Xie, B Xue, X Li, J Gan, X Bian… - Food …, 2022 - Elsevier
Maillard reaction (MR) of soy protein isolate (SPI) and d-galactose with the mass ratio (4: 1,
2: 1, and 1: 1) was conducted. The conformation of SPI was changed from ordered to …