Functional food ingredients for the management of obesity and associated co-morbidities - A review

Journal of Functional Foods

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 997-1012

  Baboota, Ritesh K ^a   Bishnoi, Mahendra ^a   Ambalam, Padma ^b   Kondepudi, Kanthi Kiran ^a   Sarma, Siddhartha M ^a   Boparai, Ravneet K ^c   Podili, Koteswaraiah ^d  

^a NATIONAL AGRI FOOD BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (India)

^b Christ College   (India)

^c PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d VIT UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Dietary fibres; Gut microbiota; Obesity; Phytochemicals; Prebiotics; Probiotics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880511198     PISSN: 17564646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jff.2013.04.014     Document Type: Review

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