Food Derived Bioactive Peptides and Intestinal Barrier Function

A wide range of food-derived bioactive peptides have been shown to exert health-promoting actions and are therefore considered functional foods or nutraceuticals. Some of these actions are related to the maintenance, reinforcement or repairment of the intestinal barrier function (IBF) whose role is...

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Main Authors: Martínez-Augustin, Olga, Rivero-Gutiérrez, Belén, Mascaraque, Cristina, Sánchez de Medina, Fermín
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: MDPI 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4284742/