Slaughterhouse blood: An emerging source of bioactive compounds

Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 314-331

  Bah, Clara S F ^a   Bekhit, Alaa El Din A ^a   Carne, Alan ^a   Mcconnell, Michelle A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME; BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS; BIOACTIVE PEPTIDES; DEGREE OF HYDROLYSIS; FOOD BY-PRODUCTS; PEPTIDE SEQUENCES; PHYSICOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; SLAUGHTERHOUSE BLOODS;

ANIMALS; BIOACTIVITY; ENZYMES; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; PEPTIDES;

BLOOD;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84876107394     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15414337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1541-4337.12013     Document Type: Article

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