Indigestible cowpea proteins reduced plasma cholesterol after long-term oral administration to Sprague-Dawley rats
Abstract Cowpea protein isolate (CPI) was subjected to various dry and wet heat pretreatments followed by sequential digestion with pepsin and pancreatin; the undigested residues were isolated as the indigestible cowpea proteins (ICPs). All the ICPs exhibited in vitro bile acid-binding capacity but...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2021-06-01
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Series: | Food Production, Processing and Nutrition |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s43014-021-00061-1 |