“…These beneficial effects include controlling body weight, lowering blood lipid and glucose levels, reducing risks from cardiovascular and colorectal cancer diseases (Anderson & Jhaveri, ; Galisteo, Duarte, & Zarzuelo, ; Gunness & Gidley, ; Zhu, Du, Zheng, & Li, ), which are attributed to the physicochemical and functional properties of DF. Over the past decade greater dietary fiber materials from fruits and vegetables are being introduced in the market because of the presence of associated bioactive compounds and balanced compositions (Daou & Zhang, ; Peerajit, Chiewchan, & Devahastin, ; Wang, Xu, Yuan, Fan, & Gao, ). These reports illustrate that the physicochemical and functional properties of DFs depend on the food sources, extraction methods and structure of DF (Ma & Mu, ; MartĂnez et al, ).…”