Food, health and agricultural importance of truffles: A review of current scientific literature

Current Trends in Biotechnology and Pharmacy

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 15-27

  Patel, Seema ^a  

^a LOVELY PROFESSIONAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Anticancer; Antimicrobial; Antioxidant; Fermentation; Mycorrhiza; Truffles

Indexed keywords

POLYSACCHARIDE;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARAB; CANNED FOOD; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FERMENTATION; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD PRESERVATION; FOOD SPOILAGE; FOOD STORAGE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOMODULATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; RESPONSE SURFACE METHOD; REVIEW; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TUBER (GENUS);

TUBER (TRUFFLE);

EID: 84856174801     PISSN: 09738916     EISSN: 22307303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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