Antioxidative activities of kefir

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 567-573

  Liu, Je Ruei ^b   Lin, Yuh Yih ^c   Chen, Ming Ju ^a   Chen, Li Ju ^a   Lin, Chin Wen ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

^c CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Antioxidative activity; Free radical; Kefir

Indexed keywords

CAPRA HIRCUS; KEFIR;

EID: 16244404289     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2005.567     Document Type: Article

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