Health functionality of blueberries

HortTechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 216-221

  Kalt, Willy ^a   Dufour, Dominique ^b  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b Ferlux SA Mediolanum   (France)

Author keywords

Anthocyanin; Bilberry; Flavonoid; Medicinal

Indexed keywords

VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM CORYMBOSUM; VACCINIUM MYRTILLUS;

EID: 0030669482     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/horttech.7.3.216     Document Type: Article

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