The composition of Australian Plantago seeds highlights their potential as nutritionally-rich functional food ingredients

Abstract When wetted, Plantago seeds become covered with a polysaccharide-rich gel called mucilage that has value as a food additive and bulking dietary fibre. Industrially, the dry husk layer that becomes mucilage, called psyllium, is milled off Plantago ovata seeds, the only commercial-relevant Pl...

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Main Authors: James M. Cowley, Lisa A. O’Donovan, Rachel A. Burton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-06-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-92114-1