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1 National Instiiute of Nutrition, Jamai Osmania P.O., Hyderabad - 500 007, IN
Source
The Indian Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics, Vol 23, No 11 (1986), Pagination: 330-332
Abstract
Dietary fibre is the plant material that cannot be digested by the digestive enzymes of the gastro-intestinal tract. Most dietary fibres are contained in the cell wall of the plant cells. The two major chemical classes of fibre are the polysaccharides and the lignins; the former are further divided into cellulose and noncellulosic polysaccharides. Recently few excellent methods to measure different types of dietary fibre have been developed.