Astaxanthin as a medical food

Functional Foods in Health and Disease

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 254-258

  Yamashita, Eiji ^a  

^a AstaReal Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Add on supplementation; Astaxanthin; Haematococcus; Medical food

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892867531     PISSN: 23787007     EISSN: 21603855     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.31989/ffhd.v3i7.49     Document Type: Article

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