Resistant starch as functional ingredient: a review

Document Outline

• Resistant starch as functional ingredient: A review
  • Introduction
  • Resistant starch definition
  • Resistant starch as a component of dietary fibre
  • Types of resistant starch
  • Food sources of resistant starch
  • Beneficial physiological effects of resistant starch
    • Prevention of colonic cancer
    • Hypoglycemic effects
    • Resistant starch as a prebiotic
    • Hypocholesterolemic effects
    • Inhibition of fat accumulation
    • Other beneficial physiological effects of RS
      • Reduction of gall stone formation
      • Absorption of minerals
  • Food applications of resistant starch
  • New sources of production
  • Conclusion
  • References