Proposal for a dietary "phytochemical index"

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 813-817

  McCarty, Mark F ^a,b  

^a Pantox Laboratories   (United States)

^b NutriGuard Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; BEER; CALORIC INTAKE; CIDER; DIETARY INTAKE; FRUIT; FRUIT JUICE; GRAIN; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; LEGUME; NUT; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT SEED; POTATO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; VASCULAR DISEASE; VEGETABLE; WINE;

ANIMALIA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 5644243102     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2002.11.004     Document Type: Article

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