Chocolate and medicine: Dangerous liaisons?

Nutrition

Volumn 25, Issue 11-12, 2009, Pages 1100-1103

  Lippi, Donatella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chocolate; Cocoa; History of medicine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CACAO; CIVILIZATION; ELIXIR; EUROPE; FERTILITY; HISTORY; HUMAN; LIFE; MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CACAO; FUNCTIONAL FOOD; HISTORY, 15TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; SEEDS;

THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 70349978210     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2009.08.002     Document Type: Article

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