Development of an Affordable, Sustainable and Efficacious Plant-Based Immunomodulatory Food Ingredient Based on Bell Pepper or Carrot RG-I Pectic Polysaccharides

Development of an Affordable, Sustainable and Efficacious Plant-Based Immunomodulatory Food Ingredient Based on Bell Pepper or Carrot RG-I Pectic Polysaccharides

The prevalence of acute respiratory infections and their impact on quality of life underlies the need for efficacious solutions that are safe, sustainable and economically viable. Polysaccharides in several (traditional) plant extracts have been shown to be immunostimulatory, and some studies sugges...

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Main Authors: Sue McKay, Paul Oranje, Jari Helin, Jean H. Koek, Ellen Kreijveld, Pieter van den Abbeele, Ute Pohl, Gordana Bothe, Maria Tzoumaki, Marcela Aparicio-Vergara, Annick Mercenier, Henk Schols, Ruud Albers
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-03-01
Series:Nutrients
Subjects:
rhamnogalacturonan-I (RG-I), bell pepper
bpRG-I
carrot
cRG-I
innate immune response
microbiota modulation
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/13/3/963

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