Cancer protective properties of cocoa: A review of the epidemiologic evidence

Nutrition and Cancer

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 573-579

  Maskarinec, Gertraud ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CATECHIN; FATTY ACID; POLYPHENOL; PROCYANIDIN; SUGAR;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; CACAO; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; DIET THERAPY; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; NEOPLASM; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; RECTUM CANCER; REVIEW;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ANTICARCINOGENIC AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CACAO; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS;

THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 70449638375     PISSN: 01635581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01635580902825662     Document Type: Review

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