Egg white proteins and their potential use in food processing or as nutraceutical and pharmaceutical agents-A review

Poultry Science

Volumn 92, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 3292-3299

  Abeyrathne, E D N S ^a   Lee, H Y ^a   Ahn, D U ^a,b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Egg white protein; Functional peptide; Industrial use; Separation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887695960     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.2013-03391     Document Type: Review

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