Fermentation-based biotransformation of glucosinolates, phenolics and sugars in retorted broccoli puree by lactic

Jian-Hui Ye1, Long-Yue Huang1, Netsanet Shiferaw Terefe2

  • 1Zhejiang University Tea Research Institute, 388 Yuhangtang Road, Hangzhou 310058, China.

Food Chemistry
|March 5, 2019
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