Improving human health through understanding the complex structure of glucose polymers

• Published in: Analytical and bioanalytical chemistry Vol. 405; no. 28; pp. 8969 - 8980
• Main Authors: Gilbert, Robert G., Wu, Alex C., Sullivan, Mitchell A., Sumarriva, Gonzalo E., Ersch, Natascha, Hasjim, Jovin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.11.2013; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: amylose; Analytical Chemistry; Biochemistry; Biosynthesis; Characterization and Evaluation of Materials; Chemistry; Chemistry and Materials Science; Colorectal cancer; colorectal neoplasms; Complications and side effects; Diabetes; digestibility; digestion; disease prevention; drugs; Food Science; Food, Organic - analysis; foods; Fractionation; Glucose; Glucose - analysis; glycogen; Glycogen - chemistry; Glycogen - metabolism; Glycogens; Health; Homeostasis; Human; human health; Humans; Hyperglycemia; Insulin; interpersonal relationships; Laboratory animals; Laboratory Medicine; Light scattering; Liver; Mathematical analysis; Mathematical models; metabolic diseases; Metabolic disorders; Molecular weight; Monitoring/Environmental Analysis; Nutrition; Nutritive value; patients; Physiological aspects; Polymers; Prevention; Review; Risk factors; Separation and Characterization of Natural and Synthetic Macromolecules; Starch; Starch - chemistry; Starch - metabolism; Starches; China; Separations/instrumentation; Field-flow fractionation; Polymers; Health; Separations/theory; Foods/beverages
• ISSN: 1618-2642; 1618-2650; 1618-2650
• DOI: 10.1007/s00216-013-7129-1

Two highly branched glucose polymers with similar structures—starch and glycogen—have important relations to human health. Slowly digestible and resistant starches have desirable health benefits, including the prevention and alleviation of metabolic diseases and prevention of colon cancer. Glycogen...