Functional food concept and its application to prebiotics

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 34, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2002, Pages

  Roberfroid, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Functional food; Prebiotics

Indexed keywords

AZOXYMETHANE; CALCIUM; DIMETHYLHYDRAZINE; FRUCTAN; FRUCTOSE OLIGOSACCHARIDE; INULIN; MINERAL; OLIGOSACCHARIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BIOAVAILABILITY; CALCIUM ABSORPTION; COLON CARCINOGENESIS; COLON FLORA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION; DIETARY FIBER; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; FERMENTATION; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD DRUG INTERACTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; LIPID METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PLANT; RAT; RISK MANAGEMENT; WELLBEING;

EID: 0036741363     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1590-8658(02)80176-1     Document Type: Article

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