Carotenoid Analysis of Several Dark-Green Leafy Vegetables Associated with a Lower Risk of Cancers

Biomedical and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 386-392

  Yang, Yi ^a   Huang, Cheng Yu ^b   Peng, Shu Sheng ^b   Li, Jian ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DIET; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; VEGETABLE;

CAROTENOIDS; DIET; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; VEGETABLES;

EID: 0030345811     PISSN: 08953988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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