Millet grains: Nutritional quality, processing, and potential health benefits

Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 281-295

  Saleh, Ahmed S M ^a,b   Zhang, Qing ^a   Chen, Jing ^a   Shen, Qun ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Assiut University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUTURE PERSPECTIVES; NUTRITIONAL CHARACTERISTICS; NUTRITIONAL QUALITIES; POTENTIAL HEALTH; PROCESSING TECHNOLOGIES; SEMIARID TROPICS; SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACTS; WORLD POPULATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH; NUTRITION;

GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT);

EID: 84876153731     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15414337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1541-4337.12012     Document Type: Article

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