Antioxidant activities and phytochemicals in Hazelnut (Corylus avellana L.) and Hazelnut By-Products

Tree Nuts: Composition, Phytochemicals, and Health Effects

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 215-235

  Alasalvar, Cesarettin ^a   Hoffman, Angela M ^b   Shahidi, Fereidoon ^c  

^a MATERIALS INSTITUTE   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND   (United States)

^c MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

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