Camel milk: alternative milk for human consumption and its health benefits

Nutrition and Food Science

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 217-227

  Kumar, Devendra ^a   Verma, Akhilesh K ^a   Chatli, Manish Kumar ^a   Singh, Raghvendar ^b   Kumar, Pavan ^a   Mehta, Nitin ^a   Malav, Om Prakash ^a  

^a GURU ANGAD DEV VETERINARY AND ANIMAL SCIENCES UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE ON CAMEL   (India)

Author keywords

Bioactive peptide; Camel milk; Health benefits; Milk allergy; Nutritional quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84961566730     PISSN: 00346659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/NFS-07-2015-0085     Document Type: Review

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