Cereal Bran - Fighting Chronic Diseases

The present book work was carried out to characterize the different cereal brans i.e. wheat, barley, maize and oat, for their nutritional and biochemical profile. Afterwards cell wall of selected cereal by products were isolated and explored for their effect on rheological properties of wheat flour. Furthermore, the isolated cell walls were used against hypercholesterolemia and hyperglycemia.