Characteristics of red palm oil, a carotene- and vitamin E-rich refined oil for food uses

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 189-194

  Nagendran, B ^a,b   Unnithan, U R ^a   Choo, Y M ^a   Sundram, Kalyana ^a  

^a Palm Oil Research Institute of Malaysia   (Malaysia)

^b Global Palm Products Sdn Bhd   (Malaysia)

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Indexed keywords

FOOD CONSUMPTION; NUTRITION;

EID: 0033923756     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/156482650002100213     Document Type: Article

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