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dc.contributor.authorMuchiri, Mary N.
dc.contributor.authorMcCartney, Anne L.
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-07T08:12:08Z
dc.date.available2019-02-07T08:12:08Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier.citationFunctional Foods in Health and Disease 2017; 7(10): 833-848en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://karuspace.karu.ac.ke/handle/20.500.12092/2195
dc.description.abstractSome food ingredients (prebiotics) have been shown to promote a healthy gut by selectively stimulating growth/activity of beneficial gastrointestinal microbes and metabolites such as short chain fatty acids (SCFA) while inhibiting pathogens. Orange fleshed sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas Lam; OFSP) root tuber is a starchy tropical crop and highly nutritious in terms of pro-vitamin A (beta carotene), dietary fibre, and natural sugars, with negligible amount of fats and cholesterol.en_US
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dc.publisherFunctional Foods in health and diseaseen_US
dc.titleIn vitro investigation of orange fleshed sweet potato prebiotic potential and its implication on human gut healthen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US


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