Gut Flora, Nutrition and Immunity
Contributors: Pgauffin Cano (Contributor); Ranjit Chandra (Contributor); J. Chin (Contributor); R. Hughes (Contributor); B. Lesourd (Contributor); Sara Lopez-Varela (Contributor); Roy Fuller (Editor); G. Perdigón (Editor)
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Limited
Published: June 1, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9781405100007
Subjects: Dietetics & nutrition; Gastroenterology; Immunology; Medical / Nursing; Medical; Physiology; Microbiology; Nutrition; IMMUNE SYSTEM; Medical / Immunology; Functional foods; Digestion; Intestines
First sentence: Much of our knowledge of the composition of the gut microflora of humans has been derived from bacteriological studies that utilised the traditional techniques of culture, microscopy and the determination of the fermentative and other biochemical capabilities of bacterial isolates.