Carotenoids and Provitamin A in Functional Foods

Methods of Analysis for Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 277-335

  Mínguez Mosquera, María Isabel ^a   Hornero Méndez, Dámaso ^a   Pérez Gálvez, Antonio ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE LA GRASA   (Spain)

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DOI: 10.1201/9781420007152-11     Document Type: Chapter

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