Nutrient loss

Produce Degradation: Pathways and Prevention

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 223-265

  Weatherspoon, Lorraine ^a   Mosha, Theobald ^a   Nnyepi, Maria ^a  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUTRIENTS; NUTRITION; VEGETABLES;

COMPOSITION CHANGES; FRUITS AND VEGETABLES; HUMAN HEALTH; HUMAN NUTRITION; LIVING TISSUES; NUTRIENT LOSS; PHYSIOLOGICAL ROLES; PHYTOCHEMICALS;

CITRUS FRUITS;

EID: 84902894533     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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