In Vivo Assessment of the Bioactivity of Food Oligosaccharides

Food Oligosaccharides: Production, Analysis and Bioactivity

Volumn 9781118426494, Issue , 2014, Pages 238-254

  Clemente, Alfonso ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bifidobacteria; Digestion; Food oligosaccharides; Microbiota; Prebiotics; Selective fermentation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOACTIVITY; FERMENTATION;

BIFIDOBACTERIUM; DIGESTION; FOOD OLIGOSACCHARIDE; GUT MICROBIOTA; IN-VIVO; MICROBIOTAS; PREBIOTICS; SELECTIVE FERMENTATIONS; SELECTIVE STIMULATIONS; SURVIVAL RATE;

OLIGOSACCHARIDES;

EID: 84928583148     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118817360.ch14     Document Type: Chapter

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