Cereal grain fructans: Structure, variability and potential health effects

Trends in Food Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 32-42

  Verspreet, Joran ^a   Dornez, Emmie ^a   van den Ende, Wim ^a   Delcour, Jan A ^a   Courtin, Christophe M ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD PROCESSING; HEALTH; POLYSACCHARIDES;

CEREAL GRAINS; CEREAL-BASED PRODUCTS; DIETARY FIBERS; FRUCTANS; HEALTH-PROMOTING POTENTIALS; POTENTIAL HEALTH; PREBIOTIC EFFECT;

CEREAL PRODUCTS;

EID: 84933676682     PISSN: 09242244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tifs.2015.01.006     Document Type: Review

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