Folate concentrations of fast foods measured by trienzyme extraction method

Food Research International

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 565-569

  Johnston, Kelley E ^a   Lofgren, Philip A ^b   Tamura, Tsunenobu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b National Cattlemen's Beef Assoc   (United States)

Author keywords

Beef; Fast food; Folate; Trienzyme treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036392238     PISSN: 09639969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0963-9969(01)00157-0     Document Type: Article

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