In vivo digestion of bovine milk fat globules: effect of processing and interfacial structural changes. II. Upper

Sophie Gallier1, Xiang Q Zhu, Shane M Rutherfurd

  • 1Riddet Institute, Massey University, Private Bag 11 222, Palmerston North 4442, New Zealand. S.Gallier@massey.ac.nz

Food Chemistry
|July 23, 2013
PubMed

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