Psychobiotics: An emerging alternative to ensure mental health amid the COVID-19 outbreak?

Trends Food Sci Technol

Department of Food Science, Faculty of Food Engineering, University of Campinas, Rua Monteiro Lobato, 80, CEP, 13083-862, Campinas, SP, Brazil.

Published: September 2020

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