Plant Cell Walls: Impact on Nutrient Bioaccessibility and Digestibility
Cell walls are important structural components of plants, affecting both the bioaccessibility and subsequent digestibility of the nutrients that plant-based foods contain. These supramolecular structures are composed of complex heterogeneous networks primarily consisting of cellulose, and hemicellul...
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| author | Claire Holland Peter Ryden Cathrina H. Edwards Myriam M.-L. Grundy |
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| description | Cell walls are important structural components of plants, affecting both the bioaccessibility and subsequent digestibility of the nutrients that plant-based foods contain. These supramolecular structures are composed of complex heterogeneous networks primarily consisting of cellulose, and hemicellulosic and pectic polysaccharides. The composition and organization of these different polysaccharides vary depending on the type of plant tissue, imparting them with specific physicochemical properties. These properties dictate how the cell walls behave in the human gastrointestinal tract, and how amenable they are to digestion, thereby modulating nutrient release from the plant tissue. This short narrative review presents an overview of our current knowledge on cell walls and how they impact nutrient bioaccessibility and digestibility. Some of the most relevant methods currently used to characterize the food matrix and the cell walls are also described. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b00fc036f53f4a95b095d74e709bd07d2022-12-21T17:31:33ZengMDPI AGFoods2304-81582020-02-019220110.3390/foods9020201foods9020201Plant Cell Walls: Impact on Nutrient Bioaccessibility and DigestibilityClaire Holland0Peter Ryden1Cathrina H. Edwards2Myriam M.-L. Grundy3School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Division, University of Reading, Earley Gate, Reading RG6 6AR, UKQuadram Institute Bioscience, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UA, UKQuadram Institute Bioscience, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UA, UKSchool of Agriculture, Policy and Development, Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Division, University of Reading, Earley Gate, Reading RG6 6AR, UKCell walls are important structural components of plants, affecting both the bioaccessibility and subsequent digestibility of the nutrients that plant-based foods contain. These supramolecular structures are composed of complex heterogeneous networks primarily consisting of cellulose, and hemicellulosic and pectic polysaccharides. The composition and organization of these different polysaccharides vary depending on the type of plant tissue, imparting them with specific physicochemical properties. These properties dictate how the cell walls behave in the human gastrointestinal tract, and how amenable they are to digestion, thereby modulating nutrient release from the plant tissue. This short narrative review presents an overview of our current knowledge on cell walls and how they impact nutrient bioaccessibility and digestibility. Some of the most relevant methods currently used to characterize the food matrix and the cell walls are also described.https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/9/2/201cell wallnutrients bioaccessibilitynutrients digestionpolysaccharidesplant-based food matrix |
| spellingShingle | Claire Holland Peter Ryden Cathrina H. Edwards Myriam M.-L. Grundy Plant Cell Walls: Impact on Nutrient Bioaccessibility and Digestibility Foods cell wall nutrients bioaccessibility nutrients digestion polysaccharides plant-based food matrix |
| title | Plant Cell Walls: Impact on Nutrient Bioaccessibility and Digestibility |
| title_full | Plant Cell Walls: Impact on Nutrient Bioaccessibility and Digestibility |
| title_fullStr | Plant Cell Walls: Impact on Nutrient Bioaccessibility and Digestibility |
| title_full_unstemmed | Plant Cell Walls: Impact on Nutrient Bioaccessibility and Digestibility |
| title_short | Plant Cell Walls: Impact on Nutrient Bioaccessibility and Digestibility |
| title_sort | plant cell walls impact on nutrient bioaccessibility and digestibility |
| topic | cell wall nutrients bioaccessibility nutrients digestion polysaccharides plant-based food matrix |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/9/2/201 |
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