Are tannins a double-edged sword in biology and health?

Trends in Food Science and Technology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 168-175

  Chung, King Thom ^a,d   Wei, Cheng I ^b   Johnson, Michael G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TANNIN;

EID: 0032053319     PISSN: 09242244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-2244(98)00028-4     Document Type: Article

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