Production, health aspects and potential food uses of dairy prebiotic galactooligosaccharides

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 92, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2020-2028

  Lamsal, Buddhi P ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Galactooligosaccharides; Galactose; GOS; Lactose; Prebiotics

Indexed keywords

GALACTOSE; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTOR; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; PREBIOTIC AGENT;

BIOSYNTHESIS; COLON; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DAIRY PRODUCT; DIET; DRUG EFFECT; FUNCTIONAL FOOD; HEALTH; HUMAN; METAGENOME; MICROBIOLOGY; REVIEW;

COLON; COMMERCE; DAIRY PRODUCTS; DIET; FUNCTIONAL FOOD; GALACTOSE; HEALTH; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; METAGENOME; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; PREBIOTICS;

EID: 84862184633     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: 10970010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.5712     Document Type: Review

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