Caffeine content of retail market coffee in Portugal

Food Analytical Methods

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 251-256

  Candeias, Sara X ^a   Gallardo, Eugenia ^b   Matos, Ana C ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE LUSÓFONA DE HUMANIDADES E TECNOLOGIAS   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BEIRA INTERIOR   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Caffeine Content; Coffee; HPLC; Portugal

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350623137     PISSN: 19369751     EISSN: 1936976X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12161-008-9058-8     Document Type: Article

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