Evaluation of the evidence on the role of tomato products in disease prevention

Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine

Volumn 218, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 140-143

  Weisburger, John H ^a  

^a AMERICAN HEALTH FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LYCOPENE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BIOAVAILABILITY; CANCER PREVENTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIET; FAT INTAKE; FOOD PREFERENCE; FOOD PROCESSING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; TOMATO;

BRASSICA NAPUS VAR. NAPUS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 0031802519     PISSN: 00379727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3181/00379727-218-44281     Document Type: Conference Paper

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