Prebiotic potential of some exopolysaccharides produced by lactic acid bacteria

Romanian Biotechnological Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 8666-8676

  Grosu Tudor, Silvia Simona ^a,b   Zamfir, Medana ^a,b   Meulen, Roel Van Der ^b   Falony, Gwen ^b   Vuyst, Luc De ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Romania)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Exopolysaccharides; Fermented dairy products; Lactic acid bacteria; Prebiotics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888214628     PISSN: 12245984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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