Open AccessLow glycemic load after digestion of native starch from the indigenous tuber Belitung Taro (Xanthosoma sagittifolium) in a dynamic in vitro model of the upper GI tract (TIM-1)
Author(s) -
Ingrid S. Surono,
Jessica Verhoeven,
Koen Venema
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
food and nutrition research/food and nutrition research. supplement
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.041
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 1654-6628
pISSN - 1654-661X
DOI - 10.29219/fnr.v64.4623
Subject(s) - starch , food science , glycemic , digestion (alchemy) , glycemic load , resistant starch , glycemic index , colocasia esculenta , carbohydrate , chemistry , biology , medicine , agronomy , microbiology and biotechnology , biochemistry , botany , insulin , chromatography
Low glycemic foods are beneficial for people with type II diabetes. At the same time, sustained glucose release is also beneficial for people suffering from glycogen storage diseases. Taro ( Xanthosoma sagittifolium ) is a tuber indigenous to Indonesia, which has starch as the major storage carbohydrate.