Metabolic response of intestinal microbiota to guar gum consumption [PDF]
Frontiers in Nutrition, 2023 BackgroundGuar gum is used extensively as a thickening agent in food, but it remains uncertain whether and to what extent it is fermented by colonic microbiota and whether it has microbiota modulatory properties.AimTo determine the metabolic response of ...
Claudia Barber +10 more
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Reduction of serum cholesterol in hypercholesterolemic rats by Guar gum [PDF]
Avicenna Journal of Phytomedicine, 2011 Objective: Several diseases are reported to be uncommon in those parts of the world where dietary fiber intakes are high, therefore, in this study; we evaluated the hypocholesterolemiceffects of a dietary fiber (guar gum) in hypercholesteromic rats ...
Saeed Samarghandian +3 more
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Strength and Micro-Mechanism of Guar Gum–Palm Fiber Composite for Improvement of Expansive Soil
FibersThis study investigates the improvement effect and micro-mechanism of guar gum and palm fibers, two eco-friendly materials, on expansive soil. The study uses disintegration tests, unconfined compressive strength tests, triaxial compression tests, and SEM
Junhua Chen +6 more
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Grewia polysaccharide as a pharmaceutical excipient in matrix tablets [PDF]
, 2011 Matrix-based tablets using different concentrations of grewia gum, and the model drug ibuprofen, were prepared using a wet granulation technique. Similar formulations were also prepared using HPMC, guar gum or ethyl cellulose as the polymer matrix.
Conway, Barbara R, Nep, E.I.
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Characterization of grewia gum, a potential pharmaceutical excipient [PDF]
, 2010 Grewia gum was extracted from the inner stem bark of Grewia mollis and characterized by several techniques such as gas chromatography (GC), gel permeation chromatography (GPC), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), dilute solution viscometry, differential ...
Conway, Barbara R +5 more
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Polysaccharide gum matrix tablets for oral controlled delivery of Cimetidine [PDF]
, 2010 Matrix-based tablets using 40 %w/w grewia gum were prepared by direct compression to contain cimetidine as novel drug. The formulations were compared with similar formulations using hydroxypropyl methylcelluose (Methocel®), gum arabic, carboxy ...
Conway, Barbara R, Nep, E.I.
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Determination of some properties of guar gum added chitosan based adhesives
Turkish Journal of Forestry, 2023 Most of the adhesives used in the wood industry are fossil fuel-based and cause risks to the environment and human health, especially due to formaldehyde content.
İsmail Özlüsoylu, Mehmet Emin Ergün
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Anaphylaxis After Consumption of Guar Gum-Containing Food: A Report of Two Cases [PDF]
, 2022 Guar gum is a food additive that acts as a thickening agent. Although the relationship between guar gum and occupational rhinitis/asthma has already been established, only very few cases of anaphylaxis were associated with guar gum ingestion.
Betul Dumanoglu +10 more
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Strength Deterioration of Guar Gum-Modified Loess under Freeze-thaw Environments [PDF]
长江科学院院报[Objective] To explore the impact of freeze-thaw environments on the strength of guar gum-modified loess, direct shear test, unconfined compression strength test, Brazilian splitting test, and bender element small-strain test are conducted to examine the
LIU Xin, WANG Xiao-jie, TONG Bin, YIN Rong-yi, ZHU Hong
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Protection against the Metabolic Syndrome by Guar Gum-Derived Short-Chain Fatty Acids Depends on Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor γ and Glucagon-Like Peptide-1. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 The dietary fiber guar gum has beneficial effects on obesity, hyperglycemia and hypercholesterolemia in both humans and rodents. The major products of colonic fermentation of dietary fiber, the short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs), have been suggested to play
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