Recent Trends in Functional Food Science and the Industry in Japan

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 2017-2029

  Arai, Soichi ^a   Morinaga, Yasushi ^b   Yoshikawa, Toshikazu ^c   Ichiishi, Eiichiro ^c   Kiso, Yoshinobu ^d   Yamazaki, Masatoshi ^e   Morotomi, Masami ^f   Shimizu, Makoto ^g   Kuwata, Tamotsu ^h   Kaminogawa, Shuichi ^g  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Japan)

^b AJINOMOTO CO INC   (Japan)

^c KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d SUNTORY LTD   (Japan)

^e TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f YAKULT CENTRAL INSTITUTE FOR MICROBIOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^h MEIJI DAIRIES CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anticarcinogens; Functional foods; Oxidative stress; Prebiotics; Probiotics

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT;

ANIMAL; DIGESTIVE FUNCTION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FOOD; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD INDUSTRY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; JAPAN; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ANTICARCINOGENIC AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; DIGESTIVE PHYSIOLOGY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FOOD; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD INDUSTRY; HUMANS; JAPAN;

EID: 0038233118     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.66.2017     Document Type: Article

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