Carotenoids in diets for salmonids: II. Epimerization studies with astaxanthin in Atlantic salmon
✍ Scribed by Trond Storebakken; Per Foss; Erland Austreng; Synnøve Liaaen-Jensen
- Book ID
- 119018024
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1985
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 701 KB
- Volume
- 44
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0044-8486
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