Nutritional content and elemental and phytochemical analyses of moringa oleifera grown in Mexico

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  Valdez Solana, Mónica A ^a   Mejía García, Verónica Y ^a   Téllez Valencia, Alfredo ^a   García Arenas, Guadalupe ^a   Salas Pacheco, José ^a   Alba Romero, José J ^a   Sierra Campos, Erick ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD JUÁREZ DEL ESTADO DE DURANGO   (Mexico)

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EID: 84929352893     PISSN: 20909063     EISSN: 20909071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2015/860381     Document Type: Article

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