Symposium 2. Fermentation of non-digestible oligosaccharides by human colonic bacteria

Proceedings of the Nutrition Society

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 899-912

  Gibson, Glenn R ^a   Willems, Anne ^a   Reading, Sally ^a   Collins, M David ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OLIGOSACCHARIDE;

ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; COLON; DIET; FERMENTATION; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; COLON; DIET; FERMENTATION; HUMANS; OLIGOSACCHARIDES;

EID: 0030280738     PISSN: 00296651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/pns19960087     Document Type: Conference Paper

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