Wheat Germ Oil

Gourmet and Health-Promoting Specialty Oils

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 359-376

  Dunford, Nurhan T ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 72449154053     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-1-893997-97-4.50019-X     Document Type: Chapter

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