Strategies to improve the functionality of probiotics in supplements and foods

Current Opinion in Food Science

Volumn 22, Issue , 2018, Pages 160-166

  Champagne, Claude P ^a   Gomes da Cruz, Adriano ^b   Daga, Monica ^c  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b Federal Institute of Rio de Janeiro (IFRJ)   (Canada)

^c Biena Inc Saint Hyacinthe   (Canada)

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EID: 85046739801     PISSN: 22147993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cofs.2018.04.008     Document Type: Review

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