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Antioxidant properties of gallocatechin and prodelphinidins from pomegranate peel

G. W. PlumbPhytochemicals Team Nutrition, Health and Consumer Sciences Division, Institute of Food Research, Norwich , UK
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S. de Pascual-TeresaUnidad de Nutricion y Bromatologia, Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
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C. Santos-BuelgaUnidad de Nutricion y Bromatologia, Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
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J. C. Rivas-GonzaloUnidad de Nutricion y Bromatologia, Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
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G. WilliamsonPhytochemicals Team Nutrition, Health and Consumer Sciences Division, Institute of Food Research, Norwich , UK
Pages 41-46 | Published online: 19 Jul 2013

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