Wheat bran derived arabinoxylanoligosaccharides: A novel prebiotic concept?

Dietary Fibre: New Frontiers for Food and Health

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 215-231

  Delcour, J A ^a,b   Courtin, C M ^a,b   Fierens, E ^a,b   Verbeke, K ^a,b   Broekaert, W F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b LEUVEN FOOD SCIENCE AND NUTRITION RESEARCH CENTRE LFORCE   (Belgium)

^c Fugeia NV   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Arabinoxylan; Arabinoxylan oligosaccharides (AXOS); Colonic bacterial metabolism; Prebiotics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899296043     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.3920/978-90-8686-692-2     Document Type: Chapter

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