Brazil nuts and associated health benefits: A review

LWT

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1573-1580

  Yang, Jun ^a  

^a FritoLay North America Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Brazil nuts; Cancer; Cardiovascular disease; Health benefit; Phytochemicals; Selenium

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANTS; CARDIOLOGY; DISEASES; OILS AND FATS;

BRAZIL NUT; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES; HEALTH BENEFITS; HEALTH FUNCTIONS; INVERSE RELATIONSHIP; PHENOLICS; PHYTOCHEMICAL;

SELENIUM;

BERTHOLLETIA EXCELSA;

EID: 68949196318     PISSN: 00236438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lwt.2009.05.019     Document Type: Review

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