Starch digestion and glucose metabolism in the ruminant: A review

Interciencia

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 380-386+426

  Cerrilla, M Esther Ortega ^a   Martínez, Germán Mendoza ^a  

^a Colegio de Postgraduados ^*  (Mexico)

Author keywords

Glucose Metabolism; Ruminants; Starch Digestion

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENZYMES; GLUCOSE; MICROORGANISMS;

SALIVARY GLANDS;

STARCH;

EID: 0242269537     PISSN: 03781844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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