Açaí (Euterpe oleracea Mart.): A macro and nutrient rich palm fruit from the amazon rain forest with demonstrated bioactivities in vitro and in Vivo

Bioactive Foods in Promoting Health

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 479-490

  Schauss, Alexander G ^a  

^a AIBMR Life Sciences Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

A a ; Amazon; Anti inflammatory; Anti oxidant.; Euterpe oleracea; Functional food; Palm fruit; Para, Brazil; Sustainable agriculture

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951630554     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374628-3.00032-3     Document Type: Chapter

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