Mushroom as a potential source of prebiotics : a review.

• Main Authors: F.M.N.A, Aida, Mustafa, Shuhaimi, Abd. Manap, Mohd. Yazid, A.G., Maaruf
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd. 2009
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/15763/1/Mushroom%20as%20a%20potential%20source%20of%20prebiotics.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/15763/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tifs.2009.07.007
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

The demand from health conscious consumers has lead to emergence of various functional foods. Trend in food science and technology has shown development of prebiotic, which is able to modulate the human gut microbiota and improve the host health in return. The concept has been introduced for more th...