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Nutritive value and chemical composition of prickly pear seeds (Opuntia ficus indica L.) growing in Turkey

Mehmet Musa ÖzcanDepartment of Food Engineering, Faculty of Agricultural, Selcuk University, Konya, TurkeyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Fahad Y. Al JuhaimiDepartment of Food Science & Nutrition, College of Food and Agricultural Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Pages 533-536 | Published online: 10 Mar 2011

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