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The composition of Australian Plantago seeds highlights their potential as nutritionally-rich functional food ingredients

When wetted, Plantago seeds become covered with a polysaccharide-rich gel called mucilage that has value as a food additive and bulking dietary fibre. Industrially, the dry husk layer that becomes mucilage, called psyllium, is milled off Plantago ovata seeds, the only commercial-relevant Plantago sp...

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Autores principales: Cowley, James M., O’Donovan, Lisa A., Burton, Rachel A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8209032/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34135417
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-92114-1