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Dietary bran is the combined testa and In botany, a fruit is the ripened ovary, together with its seeds, of a flowering plant. In cuisine, when discussing fruit as food, the term usually refers to just those plant fruits that are sweet and fleshy, examples of which would be plum, apple, and orange. However, a great many... fruit skin of Cereal crops are mostly grasses cultivated for their edible seeds (actually a fruit called a grain, technically a caryopsis). Cereal grains are grown in greater quantities worldwide than any other type of crop and provide more food energy to the human race. In some developing nations, cereal grains constitute practically... grains in the family Genera See: List of Poaceae genera The true grasses are monocot (class Liliopsida) plants of the family Poaceae (formerly Graminae). There are some 600 genera and perhaps 10,000 species of grasses. It is estimated grasslands comprise 20% of the vegetation cover of the earth. This family is the most... Poaceae.


Bran - The outer layers of the grain of cereals, removed during the process of milling and used as a source of dietary fiber. -American Heritage College Dictionary


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Dietary bran - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (289 words)
Dietary bran is the combined testa and fruit skin of cereal grains in the family Poaceae.
Bran is often used to enrich breads (notably muffins) and breakfast cereals, especially for the benefit of those wishing to increase their intake of dietary fiber.
Bran oil may be also extracted for use by itself for industrial purposes (such as in the paint industry[3] (http://www.hbti.edu/oil.htm)), or as a cooking oil.
Misconcepotion About Dietary Fiber (2292 words)
Dietary fibers are vegetable substances not digestible by the enzymes of the alimentary tract.
Brans and pectins obtained from dietary sources are probably the most effective types of fiber.
Bran increases the size of the bile salt pools when necessary and otherwise normalizes the balance between the major components of the bile.
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