Bioavailability and metabolism of ellagic acid and ellagitannins

Flavonoids and Related Compounds: Bioavailability and Function

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 183-199

  Larrosa, Mar ^a   García Conesa, María T ^a   Espín, Juan C ^a   Tomás Barberán, Francisco A ^a  

^a RESEARCH GROUP ON QUALITY   (Spain)

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