Traditional Indian functional foods

Functional Foods of the East

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 61-84

  Srinivasan, Krishnapura ^a  

^a CENTRAL FOOD TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

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Indexed keywords

CEREAL PRODUCTS; CHOLESTEROL; FATTY ACIDS; FRUITS; HEALTH RISKS; LACTIC ACID; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; NUTRITION; PHYSIOLOGY; VEGETABLES;

BACTERIAL CULTURES; BLOOD CHOLESTEROL; CARDIO-VASCULAR DISEASE; ESSENTIAL FATTY ACIDS; FUNCTIONAL COMPONENTS; FUNCTIONAL INGREDIENT; PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; PHYSIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS;

FUNCTIONAL FOOD;

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