Digestion of the carbohydrates of banana (Musa paradisiaca sapientum) in the human small intestine

Simplified method for the measurement of total non-starch polysaccharides by gas-liquid chromatography of constituent sugars as alditol acetates

Hans N. Englyst, John H. Cummings · The Analyst · 1984 · 1.1K citations

Food Chemistry, Individual Sugars, Simplified Method +12

Colorimetric determination of hexuronic acids in plant materials

Ralph W. Scott · Analytical Chemistry · 1979 · 557 citations

Food Chemistry, Plant Analysis, Engineering +14

Mechanism of action of dietary fibre in the human colon

Alison M. Stephen, John H. Cummings · Nature · 1980 · 502 citations

Nutrition, Dietary Fiber, Physiology +7

Fermentation of mucins and plant polysaccharides by anaerobic bacteria from the human colon

A A Salyers, S E West, J.R. Vercellotti et al. · Applied and Environmental Microbiology · 1977 · 475 citations · Full text

Probiotic, Food Fermentation, Only Mucin +10

Short chain fatty acid absorption by the human large intestine.

N. I. McNeil, John H. Cummings, W. P. T. James · Gut · 1978 · 459 citations · Full text

Nutrition, Gastroenterology, Digestive Tract +18