Advances in the manufacture, purification and applications of xylo-oligosaccharides as food additives and nutraceuticals

Process Biochemistry - Tập 41 Số 9 - Trang 1913-1923 - 2006
Andrés Moure1, Patricia Gullón1, Herminia Domı́nguez1, Juan Carlos Parajó1
1Chemical Engineering Department, University of Vigo, Campus Ourense, As Lagoas, 32004 Ourense, Spain.

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