Phytochemicals and Health Aspects of Pistachio (Pistacia vera L.)

Tree Nuts: Composition, Phytochemicals, and Health Effects

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 295-304

  Seeram, Navindra P ^a   Zhang, Yanjun ^b   Bowerman, Susan ^b   Heber, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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