A jerte valley cherry-based product as a supply of tryptophan

International Journal of Tryptophan Research

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 9-14

  Garrido, María ^a   Espino, Javier ^a   Toribio Delgado, Antonio F ^a   Cubero, Javier ^a   Maynar Mariño, Juan I ^a   Barriga, Carmen ^a   Paredes, Sergio D ^b   Rodríguez, Ana B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cherry; HPLC FL; Tryptophan

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877882805     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11786469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4137/IJTR.S9394     Document Type: Article

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