Quality control of maca-containing (lepidium meyenii walp.) dietary supplements

Acta Alimentaria

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 461-467

  Hajdu, Z S ^a   Lorantfy L ^a   Jedlinszki, N ^a   Boros, K ^a   Hohmann, J ^a   Csupor, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Dietary supplement; Lepidium meyenii; Maca; Potency enhancer

Indexed keywords

EID: 84946543534     PISSN: 01393006     EISSN: 15882535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/066.2015.44.0018     Document Type: Article

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