Centuries of seeking chocolate's medicinal benefits

The Lancet

Volumn 376, Issue 9736, 2010, Pages 158-159

  Wilson, Philip K ^a  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPICATECHIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; STEARIC ACID; THEOBROMINE;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; BREAST MILK; CACAO; CINNAMON; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; EGG YOLK; FEVER; LIBIDO; MAIZE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RECORD; NUTMEG; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SHORT SURVEY; THERAPY EFFECT; VANILLA;

EID: 77955025449     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(10)61099-9     Document Type: Short Survey

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