Will isomalto-oligosaccharides, a well-established functional food in Asia, break through the European and American market? The status of knowledge on these prebiotics

Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 394-409

  Goffin, Dorothee ^a   Delzenne, Nathalie ^b   Blecker, Christophe ^a   Hanon, Emilien ^a   Deroanne, Claude ^a   Paquot, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Functional food; Gluco oligosaccharides; Isomalto oligosaccharides; Prebiotics; Transglucosylation

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONAL FOODS; GLUCO-OLIGOSACCHARIDES; ISOMALTO-OLIGOSACCHARIDES; PREBIOTICS; TRANSGLUCOSYLATION;

COMMERCE; PRODUCTION;

OLIGOSACCHARIDES;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTOR; MALTOOLIGOSACCHARIDES; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; PREBIOTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL; ASIA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CHEMISTRY; EUROPE; FUNCTIONAL FOOD; HUMAN; REVIEW; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

AMERICAS; ANIMALS; ANTICARCINOGENIC AGENTS; ASIA; CANADA; EUROPE; FUNCTIONAL FOOD; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; PREBIOTICS;

EID: 79956099930     PISSN: 10408398     EISSN: 15497852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408391003628955     Document Type: Review

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