Effect of a diet rich in cocoa flavonoids on experimental acute inflammation

Flavonoids: Biosynthesis, Biological Effects and Dietary Sources

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 213-230

  Castell, M ^a   Franch, A ^a,b   Ramos Romero, S ^a   Ramiro Puig, E ^c   Perez Cano F J ^a   Castellote, C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^c INSERM   (France)

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