The contribution of wild plants to dietary intakes of micronutrients (I): Vitamins

Mediterranean Wild Edible Plants: Ethnobotany and Food Composition Tables

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 111-139

  De Cortes Sánchez Mata, María ^a   Matallana González, María Cruz ^a   Morales, Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ascorbic acid; Folates; Phylloquinone; Provitamin A; Tocopherols; Vitamin B9; Vitamin C; Vitamin E; Vitamin K; Wild edible plants; carotene

Indexed keywords

EID: 84978332021     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-3329-7_6     Document Type: Chapter

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