Polyphenols and immunity

Wild-Type Food in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention: The Columbus Concept

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 413-434

  Neyestani, Tirang R ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

antioxidant; immunity; Polyphenols

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889969397     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59745-330-1_28     Document Type: Chapter

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