Plants, diet, and health

Annual Review of Plant Biology

Volumn 64, Issue , 2013, Pages 19-46

  Martin, Cathie ^a   Zhang, Yang ^a   Tonelli, Chiara ^b   Petroni, Katia ^b  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chronic disease; Evolutionary discordance; Obesity; Phytonutrients

Indexed keywords

CHEMISTRY; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIET; EVOLUTION; FRUIT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; PLANT; REVIEW; VEGETABLE;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIET; FRUIT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; PLANTS, EDIBLE; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84874953186     PISSN: 15435008     EISSN: 15452123     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-arplant-050312-120142     Document Type: Review

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