Yacon (Smallanthus sonchifolius): A Functional Food

Plant Foods for Human Nutrition

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 222-228

  Choque Delgado, Grethel Teresa ^a   da Silva Cunha Tamashiro, Wirla Maria ^a   Maróstica Junior, Mário Roberto ^a   Pastore, Glaucia Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Fructans; Fructooligosaccharides; Phenolic compounds; Prebiotics; Yacon

Indexed keywords

POLYMNIA SONCHIFOLIA; SMALLANTHUS SONCHIFOLIUS;

IDOLAX; INULIN; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PREBIOTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; COLON; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FOOD HANDLING; FUNCTIONAL FOOD; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT TUBER;

ANIMALS; ASTERACEAE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; COLON; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FOOD HANDLING; FUNCTIONAL FOOD; HUMANS; INULIN; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; PHENOLS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT TUBERS; PREBIOTICS;

EID: 84883288369     PISSN: 09219668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11130-013-0362-0     Document Type: Article

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