Enzymatic hydrolysis using bacterial cultures as a novel method for obtaining antioxidant peptides from brewers'

Dominika Ciurko1, Wojciech Łaba1, Barbara Żarowska1

  • 1Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Department of Biotechnology and Food Microbiology, Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Science J. Chełmońskiego 37 51-630 Wrocław Poland wojciech.laba@upwr.edu.pl barbara.zarowska@upwr.edu.pl tomasz.janek@upwr.edu.pl dominika.ciurko@upwr.edu.pl +48 71 320 7723.

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