Prebiotics and iron bioavailability - Is there a connection?

Journal of Food Science

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2005, Pages

  Yeung, Chi Kong ^a   Glahn, Raymond P ^b   Welch, Ross M ^b   Miller, Dennis D ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Colon; Inulin; Iron; Oligosaccharides; Prebiotics

Indexed keywords

EID: 21544476994     PISSN: 00221147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2621.2005.tb09984.x     Document Type: Review

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