Platelet-Activating Factor (PAF) Antagonists in Foods: A Study of Lipids with PAF or Anti-PAF-like Activity in Cow's Milk and Yogurt

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 3047-3051

  Antonopoulou, Smaragdi ^a   Semidalas, Charis E ^b   Koussissis, Stamatis ^b   Demopoulos, Constantinos A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Lipids; Milk bacteria; PAF inhibitors; Platelet Activating Factor (PAF); Yogurt

Indexed keywords

LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS DELBRUECKII SUBSP. BULGARICUS; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 0001520239     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf950619y     Document Type: Article

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