Prebiotics - A Review

Songklanakarin Journal of Science and Technology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 401-408

  Thammarutwasik, Paiboon ^a   Hongpattarakere, Tipparat ^a   Chantachum, Suphitchaya ^a   Kijroongrojana, Kongkarn ^a   Itharat, Arunporn ^a   Reanmongkol, Wantana ^b   Tewtrakul, Supinya ^b   Ooraikul, Buncha ^c  

^a THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Functional foods; Prebiotics; Probiotics; Southern Thailand plants

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350029374     PISSN: 01253395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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