Radiation decontamination of herbs and spices

Nukleonika

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 179-184

  Chmielewski, Andrzej G ^a,b   Migdał, Wojciech ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Bioactive agents; Herbs; Radiation decontamination; Spices

Indexed keywords

EID: 30744456320     PISSN: 00295922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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