| Literature DB >> 76172 |
W P James, W J Branch, D A Southgate.
Abstract
Dietary fibre from plants low in phytate bound calcium in proportion to its uronic-acid content. This binding by the non-cellulosic fraction of fibre will reduce the availability of calcium for small-intestinal absorption, but the colonic microbial digestion of uronic acids will liberate the calcium. Thus the ability to maintain calcium balance on high-fibre diets may depend on the adaptive capacity of the colon for calcium absorption.Entities:
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Year: 1978 PMID： 76172 DOI： 10.1016/s0140-6736(78)91141-8
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Lancet ISSN： 0140-6736 Impact factor: 79.321