Dietary fibre and blood lipids.
Sources of dietary fibre can be divided into three groups according to their effect on plasma lipids in humans: (1) a cholesterol-lowering effect demonstrated repeatedly by pectin, guar gum, psyllium and oat bran (sources of soluble fibre); (2) a possible, but not adequate, cholesterol-lowering effect by legumes, barley, rice bran and several types of gum; and (3) those sources that do not lower plasma cholesterol, such as wheat fibre, cellulose and lignin.
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Department of Biochemistry, University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood*; D004043:Dietary Fiber / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data
D004043:Dietary Fiber; D002784:Cholesterol