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Effects of gum Arabic ingestion on body mass index and body fat percentage in healthy adult females: two-arm randomized, placebo controlled, double-blind trial

BACKGROUND: Gum Arabic (acacia Senegal) is a complex polysaccharide indigestible to both humans and animals. It has been considered as a safe dietary fiber by the United States, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) since the 1970s. Although its effects were extensively studied in animals, there is pau...

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Autores principales: Babiker, Rasha, Merghani, Tarig H, Elmusharaf, Khalifa, Badi, Rehab M, Lang, Florian, Saeed, Amal M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3570285/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23241359
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2891-11-111