Phenolics: From chemistry to biology

Molecules

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2202-2211

  Pereira, David M ^a   Valentão, Patrícia ^a   Pereira, José A ^b   Andrade, Paula B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE BRAGANÇA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Bioactivities; Chemistry; Phenolics

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649988340     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules14062202     Document Type: Article

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