Health-promoting components of fruits and vegetables in the diet

Advances in Nutrition

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Liu, Rui Hai ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; FLAVONOID; HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PHENOLIC ACID; VITAMIN;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CEREAL; CHEMISTRY; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIET; DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKE; FRUIT; HUMAN; NEOPLASMS; POTATO; UNITED STATES; VEGETABLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; NEOPLASM; REVIEW;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTENOIDS; CEREALS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIET; FLAVONOIDS; FRUIT; HUMANS; HYDROXYBENZOATES; NEOPLASMS; RECOMMENDED DIETARY ALLOWANCES; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; UNITED STATES; VEGETABLES; VITAMINS;

EID: 84891035918     PISSN: 21618313     EISSN: 21565376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/an.112.003517     Document Type: Article

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