Health value of carotenoids;Valeur santé des caroténoïdes

Sciences des Aliments

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 467-480

  Choubert, Georges ^a   Guillou, Alain ^a,b   Tyssandier, Viviane ^c   Borel, Patrick ^c   Grolier, Pascal ^c  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b ABK Gaspésie Inc   (Canada)

^c Insitut Natl de la Rech Agronom   (France)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Cancer; Cardio vascular disease; Carotenoid; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035563538     PISSN: 02408813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3166/sda.21.467-480     Document Type: Review

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