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lignin

[lig′nin]

Etymology: L, lignum, wood

an insoluble polysaccharide that with cellulose and hemicellulose forms the chief part of the skeletal substances of the cell walls of plants. It provides bulk in the diet necessary for proper GI functioning. See also dietary fiber.

lignin [lig´nin]

a woody substance closely associated with cellulose in plants and grouped with the polysaccharides, although it is not actually a carbohydrate; it combines with bile acids to prevent their absorption. Lignin fibers are less digestible by gut bacteria than other polysaccharides.

lignin (lig´nin),

n the heteropolysaccharides contained in the cell walls of plants that provides dietary fiber for digestion.

lignin

an almost completely indigestible plant polyphenol present in large quantities in wood, hulls and straw.

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