In vitro Bioaccessibility and Intestinal Absorption of Selected Bioactive Compounds in Terminalia ferdinandiana

Saleha Akter1, Rama Addepalli2, Michael Netzel3

  • 1ARC Industrial Transformation Training Centre for Uniquely Australian Foods, Center for Nutrition and Food Sciences, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI), The University of Queensland, Indooroopilly, QLD, Australia.

Frontiers in Nutrition
|February 14, 2022
PubMed

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