Reduction in flatulence factors in mung beans (Vigna radiata) using low-dose γ-irradiation

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 648-652

  Machaiah, J P ^a   Pednekar, M D ^a   Thomas, Paul ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Germination; Mung beans; Oligosaccharides; irradiation

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; DEGRADATION; DIGESTION; FLATULENCE; FRUCTOSE; GALACTOSE; GAMMA IRRADIATION; GERMINATION; GLUCOSE; IRRADIATION; NUTRITION; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; REDUCTION;

VIGNA RADIATA;

EID: 0032912392     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0010(199904)79:5<648::aid-jsfa226>3.0.co;2-b     Document Type: Article

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