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Original Articles

Antioxidant Activity of Different Extracts of Red Pitaya (Hylocereus polyrhizus) Seed

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Pages 1171-1181 | Received 17 Sep 2009, Accepted 01 Jan 2010, Published online: 13 Oct 2011

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