Compositional characteristics and health effects of pecan [Carya illinoinensis (Wangenh.) K. Koch]

Tree Nuts: Composition, Phytochemicals, and Health Effects

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 259-283

  Eitenmiller, Ronald R ^a   Pegg, Ronald B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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