Chemical Composition and Health Aspects of Chestnut (Castanea spp.)

Tree Nuts: Composition, Phytochemicals, and Health Effects

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 171-184

  Korel, Figen ^a   Balaban, Murat Ö ^b  

^a IZMIR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

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