Biotechniques to assess the fermentation of resistant starch in the mammalian gastrointestinal tract

Carbohydrate Polymers

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 225-230

  R Bullock, N ^a   Norton, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fermentation; Mammalian gastrointestinal tract; Resistant starch

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS; FERMENTATION; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES;

MAMMALIA; STARCH FERMENTATION;

STARCH;

EID: 0033097192     PISSN: 01448617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0144-8617(98)00095-2     Document Type: Article

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