The cholesterol content of eggs produced by the Slovenian autochthonous Styrian hen

Food Chemistry

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-4

  Simčič, Mojca ^a   Stibilj, Vekoslava ^b   Holcman, Antonija ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Autochthonous breed; Cholesterol; Egg yolk; Styrian hen

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149492766     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2008.09.110     Document Type: Article

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