Intrinsic quality attributes of beef, and especially its tenderness, depend not only on post-mortem factors associated with meat ageing, but also on muscle characteristics of live animals, which themselves depend on genetic, nutritional and rearing factors. Different breeds or different genotypes of the same breed mainly differ by the characteristics of their connective tissue (content and solu...

The effects of wheat bran and pectin on the gastrointestinal distribution of a radiolabelled, homogenized baked-bean meal were investigated in the rat. These fibres were chosen because of their very different physical characteristics; wheat bran is a coarse, particulate, mainly insoluble fibre whilst pectin is a soluble viscous polysaccharide. Sixty male rats were administered orally with contr...

BACKGROUND Dietary fibres have been proposed as protective agents against colon cancer but results of both epidemiological and experimental studies are inconclusive. AIMS Hypothesising that protection against colon cancer may be restricted to butyrate producing fibres, we investigated the factors needed for long term stable butyrate production and its relation to susceptibility to colon cance...

Despite the use of modern materials, clay bricks are reasonably preferable materials nowadays. However, the moo fetched and flexibility of clay bricks are not related with tall natural and feasible values, particularly with regard to crude fabric sources and fabricating processes. Agricultural world is growing fast, with increased rural arrive development and land cultivation leading to massive...

It was with interest that I read this paper, which looks at the effect of feeding xanthan gum on colonic function in man. The authors look at whether it is possible to predict the laxative effect of a polysaccharide from its fermentation characteristics in vitro, as proposed by Adiotomre et al. (1990). However, the authors have not used the methodology used in the Adiotomre paper and, therefore...

endometriosis is a common gynaecological disease that can cause severe pelvic pain such as dysmenorrhoea and dyspareunia, however the mechanisms by which pain is generated are not well understood. nerve fibres in endometriotic plaques have been reported by several authors. we have recently demonstrated the presence of unmyelinated sensory nerve fibres (using the pan-neuronal marker pgp9.5) in t...

Research characterising the gut microbiota in different populations and diseases has mushroomed since advent of next-generation sequencing techniques. However, there been less emphasis on impact dietary fibres other components that influence microbial metabolic activities. Dietary are main energy source for bacteria. differ their physicochemical properties, effects fermentation characteristics....

Establishing a definition for dietary fibre has historically been a balance between nutrition knowledge and analytical method capabilities. While the most widely accepted physiologically-based definitions have generally been accurate in defining the dietary fibre in foods, scientists and regulators have tended, in practice, to rely on analytical procedures as the definitional basis in fact. As ...

Arabinoxylans (AXs) – non-starch polysaccharides (NSPs) is one of the most discussed main components contained in all parts cereal plants. AXs combine bioactive and technological functions. As dietary fibres, they have physiologically beneficial properties for human health. are water-soluble insoluble water. The structure, quantity depend on which part grain or plant extracted method isolation ...

Food matrices can be described as the final composition of a food product which results from complex interactions between compounds found within different ingredients and processing parameters used in production. These factors, not only impact on structure product, but also have potential to alter both structural integrity bioavailability potentially beneficial present, for example, dietary fib...