Nutritional benefits of developing cereals for functional foods

Cereal Research Communications

Volumn 31, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 445-452

  Nardi, Simonetta ^a   Calcagno, Claudio ^b   Zunin, Paola ^b   D'Egidio, Maria Grazia ^c   Cecchini, Cristina ^c   Boggia, Raffaella ^b   Evangelisti, Filippo ^b  

^a Ist Sperim per la Cerealicoltura   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c Ist Sperim per la Cerealicoltura   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Cereals; Developing grains; Fructans; Functional foods

Indexed keywords

HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; SECALE CEREALE; TRITICOSECALE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0242287236     PISSN: 01333720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03543377     Document Type: Article

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