Brewer's spent grain: A valuable feedstock for industrial applications

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 94, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1264-1275

  Mussatto, Solange I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Adsorbent; Biotechnological processes; Brewer's spent grain (BSG); Chemical composition; Ethanol; Fermentation

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; HORDEUM;

BIOFUEL; DYES, REAGENTS, INDICATORS, MARKERS AND BUFFERS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE;

ANALYSIS; ANIMAL FOOD; BATCH CELL CULTURE; BEER; BIOREACTOR; CEREAL; CHEMISTRY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ECONOMICS; FERMENTATION; FOOD INDUSTRY; HORDEUM; IMMOBILIZED CELL; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANT EPIDERMIS; PLANT SEED; RECYCLING; YEAST;

ANIMAL FEED; BATCH CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; BEER; BIOFUELS; BIOREACTORS; CELLS, IMMOBILIZED; CEREALS; FERMENTATION; FOOD, FORTIFIED; FOOD-PROCESSING INDUSTRY; HORDEUM; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; PLANT EPIDERMIS; RECYCLING; SEEDS; YEASTS;

EID: 84897965374     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: 10970010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.6486     Document Type: Article

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