Characteristics and Health Benefits of Phytochemicals

Forschende Komplementarmedizin

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 69-74

  Leitzmann, Claus ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Food Science; Nutrition; Phytocemicals; Plants

Indexed keywords

PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

CHRONIC DISEASE; CULTURAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; EUROPE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTHY LIFESTYLE; HUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED STATES; VEGETARIAN DIET;

CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DIET, VEGETARIAN; ECOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHENOMENA; EUROPE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTHY LIFESTYLE; HUMANS; PHYTOCHEMICALS; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84969190296     PISSN: 16614119     EISSN: 16614127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000444063     Document Type: Review

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