Arabinoxylan is a hemicellulose found in both the primary and secondary cell walls of plants, including woods and cereal grains, consisting of copolymers of two pentose sugars – arabinose and xylose.
==Special Precautions of Arabinoxylan==
Since arabinoxylan may lower blood sugar levels, there's some concern that using arabinoxylan in combination with diabetes medications may have harmful effects.
==Health Benefits and uses of Arabinoxylan are==
* Diabetes : Arabinoxylan may help manage diabetes, according to a small study published in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition in 2004. For the study, 15 diabetes patients supplemented their diets with either arabinoxylan-enriched bread and muffins or with bread and muffins made only with whole wheat and white flour. After five weeks, study members given the arabinoxylan-enriched bread and muffins showed a significantly greater improvement in blood sugar control. Arabinoxylan may also help regulate blood sugar in people without diabetes, suggests a small study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition in 2000. After consuming a breakfast containing arabinoxylan-enriched bread, study members were found to have significantly lower blood sugar concentrations (compared to when they consumed a breakfast that did not contain arabinoxylan-enriched bread). The study included 14 healthy participants.