Prebiotic properties of algae and algae-supplemented products

Functional Ingredients from Algae for Foods and Nutraceuticals

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 658-670

  Iji, P A ^a   Kadam, M M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b NAGPUR VETERINARY COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Carbohydrate; Fucans; Microbial profiles; Oligosaccharides; Prebiotic

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902628224     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1533/9780857098689.4.658     Document Type: Chapter

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