Prebiotic activity of gourd family vegetable fibres using in vitro fermentation

Food Bioscience

Volumn 1, Issue , 2013, Pages 26-30

  Sreenivas, K M ^a   Lele, S S ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Dietary fibres; Gourd; In vitro fermentation; Prebiotic; SCFA

Indexed keywords

BENINCASA HISPIDA; BIFIDOBACTERIUM BREVE; CITRULLUS COLOCYNTHIS; CLOSTRIDIUM; CUCURBITA; CUCURBITA MAXIMA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LACTOBACILLUS FERMENTUM; LAGENARIA SICERARIA; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA; TRICHOSANTHES; TRICHOSANTHES CUCUMERINA VAR. ANGUINA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84883342488     PISSN: 22124292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fbio.2013.01.002     Document Type: Article

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