Health Aspects of Fermented Foods

Fermented Foods and Beverages of the World

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 391-414

  Farhad, Mariam ^a   Kailasapathy, Kasipathy ^a   Tamang, Jyoti Prakash ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b SIKKIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

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DOI: 10.1201/EBK1420094954-19     Document Type: Chapter

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