Onion peel extract reduces the percentage of body fat in overweight and obese subjects: A 12-week, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study

Nutrition Research and Practice

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 175-181

  Lee, Ji Sook ^a   Cha, Yong Jun ^a   Lee, Kyung Hea ^a   Yim, Jung Eun ^a  

^a Changwon National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Body fat percent; Obesity; Onion peel extract; Overweight; Quercetin

Indexed keywords

EID: 84963782243     PISSN: 19761457     EISSN: 20056168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4162/nrp.2016.10.2.175     Document Type: Article

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