Health functionality of small fruit

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 626, Issue , 2003, Pages 17-23

  Mark Hodges, D ^a   Kalt, Wilhelmina ^a  

^a Agriculture and Agri Food Canada ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Bioactive; Phenolics; Phytochemicals

Indexed keywords

EID: 3142659637     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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