Fig, carob, pistachio, and health

Bioactive Foods in Promoting Health

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 245-263

  Khatib, Soliman ^a   Vaya, Jacob ^b  

^a MIGAL GALILEE TECHNOLOGY CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL HAI COLLEGE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Carob; Fig; Health; Pistachio; Polyphenols.

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882495147     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374628-3.00017-7     Document Type: Chapter

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