caa a22 4500 388097191 CHVBK 20180307125307.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e199905 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S0029665199000543 doi S0029665199000543 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S0029665199000543 Rowland Ian Northern Ireland Centre for Diet and Health, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Ulster, Coleraine BT52 1SA, UK Optimal nutrition: fibre and phytochemicals [Elektronische Daten] [Ian Rowland] There is currently intense research interest in secondary plant metabolites because of their potential preventative effects on the chronic diseases of Western societies, especially cardiovascular disease and cancer. To date most of the research has focused on the identification of plant-derived substances and their potential protective effects against specific chronic diseases. The important issue of determining the optimal intake of those substances, such that the beneficial effects are maximized without manifestation of adverse effects, has yet to be addressed in most cases. Furthermore, there are no specific functional markers that can be used to assess optimal intake, although it may be possible to use biomarkers such as serum cholesterol if the rest of the diet is strictly controlled. The present review discusses a wide range of substances associated with plants, including dietary fibre, resistant starch, oligosaccharides, phyto-oestrogens, phytosterols, flavonoids, terpenes and isothiocyanates, and attempts where possible to indicate optimal intakes and to suggest functional markers. Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1999 Phytochemicals nationallicence Secondary plant metabolites nationallicence Heart disease nationallicence Cancer nationallicence Proceedings of the Nutrition Society Cambridge University Press 58/2(1999-05), 415-419 0029-6651 58:2<415 1999 58 PNS https://doi.org/10.1017/S0029665199000543 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 conference jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0029665199000543 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Rowland Ian Northern Ireland Centre for Diet and Health, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Ulster, Coleraine BT52 1SA, UK NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Proceedings of the Nutrition Society Cambridge University Press 58/2(1999-05), 415-419 0029-6651 58:2<415 1999 58 PNS CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge