Nutritional and functional properties of edible mushrooms: A food with promising health claims

Journal of Pharmacy and Nutrition Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 187-198

  Loria Kohen, Viviana ^a   Lourenço Nogueira, Thais ^b   Espinosa Salinas, Isabel ^a   Marín, Francisco R ^c   Soler Rivas, Cristina ^c   de Molina, Ana Ramirez ^a  

^a IMDEA FOOD INSTITUTE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF FOOD SCIENCE RESEARCH CIAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Disease prevention; Functional food; Mushroom; Umami

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928525169     PISSN: 22233806     EISSN: 19275951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6000/1927-5951.2014.04.03.4     Document Type: Article

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