Study on prebiotic effectiveness of neutral garlic fructan in vitro

Food Science and Human Wellness

Volumn 2, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 119-123

  Zhang, Ning ^a   Huang, Xuesong ^a   Zeng, Yanhua ^a   Wu, Xiyang ^a   Peng, Xichun ^a  

^a JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

fecal bacteria; garlic fructans; in vitro fermentation; prebiotic effectiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 85068969464     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22134530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fshw.2013.07.001     Document Type: Article

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