Roughage Revisited (The Effect on Intestinal Function of Inert Plastic Particles of Different Sizes and Shape)
- 1 January 1999
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Springer Nature in Digestive Diseases and Sciences
- Vol. 44 (4) , 744-748
- https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1026613909403
Abstract
The mechanisms by which dietary fiber exerts itslaxative action are not fully understood. Finelygrinding wheat bran reduces its effect. Inert plasticparticles are equipotent to bran if they consist...Keywords
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