Digestion of certain fractions of dietary fiber in humans

• Published in: The American journal of clinical nutrition Vol. 31; no. 6; pp. 927 - 930
• Main Authors: Holloway, W D, Tasman-Jones, C, Lee, S P
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.06.1978
• Subjects: cellulose; Cellulose - metabolism; Diet; dietary fiber; Dietary Fiber - metabolism; Digestion; Fabaceae; Feces; Female; gastrointestinal system; Humans; Ileostomy; Ileum; Ileum - physiology; Intestine, Large; Intestine, Large - physiology; Intestine, Small; Intestine, Small - physiology; lignin; Lignin - metabolism; Male; metabolism; physiology; Plants, Medicinal; Structure-Activity Relationship

The digestion of cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin has been investigated in humans. Two groups of subjects were studied--healthy subjects with an ileostomy and normal subjects. Both were put on a fixed diet of known cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin content. From the feces excreted the fiber c...