Red Onion (Allium caepa L. var. tropeana) Seeds: Nutritional and Functional Properties

Nuts and Seeds in Health and Disease Prevention

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 981-990

  Dini, Irene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

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EID: 84884837612     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-375688-6.10116-1     Document Type: Chapter

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