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A physico-chemical perspective of plant polysaccharides in relation to glucose absorption, insulin secretion and the entero-insular axis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2007

Peter R. Ellis ,
Phillippa Rayment  and
QI Wang
Peter R. Ellis
Affiliation:
Biopolymers Group, Division of Life Sciences, King's College London, Campden Hill Road, Kensington Campus, LondonW8 7AH
Phillippa Rayment
Affiliation:
Biopolymers Group, Division of Life Sciences, King's College London, Campden Hill Road, Kensington Campus, LondonW8 7AH
QI Wang
Affiliation:
Biopolymers Group, Division of Life Sciences, King's College London, Campden Hill Road, Kensington Campus, LondonW8 7AH
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‘The nutritional consequences of complex carbohydrates’ Symposium 1
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Proceedings of the Nutrition Society , Volume 55 , Issue 3 , November 1996 , pp. 881 - 898
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