Folate content in commercial white and whole wheat sandwich breads

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 52, Issue 20, 2004, Pages 6338-6340

  Johnston, Kelley E ^a   Tamura, Tsunenobu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Bread; Folate; Folic acid; Fortification

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BREAD; FLOUR; FOOD; GRAIN; UNITED STATES; WHEAT BREAD; WHITE BREAD;

BREAD; FOLIC ACID; FOOD, FORTIFIED; TRITICUM;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 4744370919     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf0494736     Document Type: Article

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