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Kaixin Qi1, Xueer Yi1, Cheng Li2

  • 1School of Health Science and Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China.

Carbohydrate Polymers
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Postprandial blood glucose levelResistant starchStarch digestibilityWheat bread

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