Muzarpur , May 8, May 9 -- In a major breakthrough for the global functional beverage market, an elite research team led by Prof. Dinesh Chandra Rai, Vice-Chancellor of BRA Bihar University and Senior Professor at BHU, has developed a potent, antioxidant-rich herbal Kombucha using the traditional Indian 'Palash' flower. This pioneering study, published in the prestigious international journal Food and Humanity (Elsevier Group), was driven by a high-level international collaboration. The key contributors to this research include Suman Bharti and Arvind Kumar from the Department of Dairy Science and Food Technology at Banaras Hindu University, alongside Akansha Gupta from the CASS Food Research Centre at Deakin University, Australia. Regard...