Glucosinolates in Brassica and cancer

Bioactive Foods and Extracts: Cancer Treatment and Prevention

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 3-29

  Velasco, Pablo ^a   Francisco, Marta ^a   María Cartea, Elena ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

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DOI: 10.1201/b10330     Document Type: Chapter

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