Almond and almond products: nutraceutical components and health effects

Tree Nuts: Composition, Phytochemicals, and Health Effects

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 127-141

  Shahidi, Fereidoon ^a   Zhong, Ying ^a   Wijeratne, Subhashinee S K ^b   Ho, Chi Tang ^c  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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