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Authors
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1 Department of Foods and Nutrition, Haryana Agricultural University, Hissar, IN
Source
The Indian Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics, Vol 18, No 5 (1981), Pagination: 171-177
Abstract
Dietary fibre has been a largely neglected component of food, mainly because nutritionally it contributes little in man. Fibre is not an inert substance which simply passes through the gut but a group of compounds with physical, chemical, and metabolic properties that significantly influence the gastro-intestinal functions.