Recent progress in anti-obesity and anti-diabetes effect of berries

Antioxidants

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Tsuda, Takanori ^a  

^a CHUBU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anthocyanins; Berries; Bioavailability; Degradation products; Diabetes; Metabolites; Obesity

Indexed keywords

EID: 85010424610     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20763921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/antiox5020013     Document Type: Review

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