Importance of digestive mucus and mucins for designing new functional food ingredients

Volume: 131, Pages: 108906 - 108906
Published: May 1, 2020
Abstract
The mucus, mainly composed of the glycoproteins mucins, is a rheological substance that covers the intestinal epithelium and acts as a protective barrier against a variety of harmful molecules, microbial infection and varying lumen environment conditions. Alterations in the composition or structure of the mucus could lead to various diseases such as inflammatory bowel disease or colorectal cancer. Recent studies revealed that an exogenous intake...
Paper Details
Title
Importance of digestive mucus and mucins for designing new functional food ingredients
Published Date
May 1, 2020
Volume
131
Pages
108906 - 108906
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