Dietary fibre content and composition of some edible fungi determined by two methods of analysis

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 255-260

  Cheung, Peter C K ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Agaricus bisporus; AOAC; Auricularia auricula; Auricularia polytricha; Basidiomycetes; chitin; composition; dietary fibre content; edible fungi; Ganoderma lucidum; poly saccharides; Poria cocos; Tremella fuciformis; Uppsala

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030972036     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0010(199702)73:2<255::AID-JSFA723>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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