Kefir

Fermented Foods in Health and Disease Prevention

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 339-361

  Kesenkas H ^a   Gursoy O ^b   Ozbas H ^c  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MEHMET AKIF ERSOY UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Disease prevention; Fermented foods; Health; Kefir; Kefir grains; Nutrition; Therapeutic effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011051485     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-802309-9.00014-5     Document Type: Chapter

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