Nondigestible

Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 461-480

  Roberfroid, Marcel ^a   Slavin, Joanne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b Dept of Food Science and Nutrition ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Functional foods; Gastrointestinal health; Inulin; Lipid lowering; Oligosaccharide

Indexed keywords

OLIGOSACCHARIDE; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CHEMISTRY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; DIGESTIVE FUNCTION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FERMENTATION; FOOD HANDLING; HYDROLYSIS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

CHRONIC DISEASE; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIGESTIVE PHYSIOLOGY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FERMENTATION; FOOD HANDLING; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; PROBIOTICS;

EID: 0034329002     PISSN: 10408398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408690091189239     Document Type: Article

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