A simple in vitro fermentation system for polysaccharides -The effects of fermenter fluid surface area/fluid volume ratio and amount of substrate

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 101-105

  Stevenson, Agnes ^a   Buchanan, Callum J ^a   Abia, Rocio ^a   Eastwood, Martin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

biomass; dietary NSP; in vitro fermentation; ispaghula; methodology; pectin; polysaccharides; starch; surface volume ratio

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031027721     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0010(199701)73:1<101::AID-JSFA692>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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