Functional and health-endorsing properties of wheat and barley cell wall’s non-starch polysaccharides

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Table 1. Health-endorsing perspectives of Arabinogalactan: Mechanism and outcomes

Health-endorsing perspectives	Mechanism and Outcomes	References
Anti-diabetic effect	Reducing glycemic index of foods.	[141]
	Positively reduces the glucose levels and insulin resistance.
In turn mitigates the chance of diabetes.
Immunomodulatory effects	Boost up the natural killer cells and macrophages as well as the secretion of pro-inflammatory cytokines.	[99]
	Boost up the immune responses and in turn mitigate the chance of tumor progression, viruses, and bacteria infiltration.
Anti-infectious potential	Inhibiting the adherence of toxic bacteria to the intestinal wall	[139,140]
Prebiotic effect	Not broken by human digestive processes.	[115,116]
	Act as prebiotic for intestinal microorganisms.
	Broken down into short chain fatty acids.
Ability of short chain fatty acids to protect the mucosal health by providing energy reservoir to the colon endothelial layer forming cells.
	Important for cancer and inflammatory disorders
Portal-systemic Encephalopathy (a disease characterized by ammonia buildup in the liver)	Significant reduction in the ammonia level.	[139]
	In turns helps in protection and cure portal-systemic encephalopathy

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