Onion (allium cepa L.)

Fruit and Vegetable Phytochemicals: Chemistry and Human Health: Second Edition

Volumn 2, Issue , 2017, Pages 1145-1161

  Pareek, Sunil ^a   Sagar, Narashans Alok ^a   Sharma, Sunil ^a   Kumar, Vinay ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD TECHNOLOGY ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND MANAGEMENT   (India)

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DOI: 10.1002/9781119158042.ch58     Document Type: Chapter

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