Content of fat, vitamins and minerals in quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa, Willd) seeds
โ Scribed by Jenny Ruales; Baboo M. Nair
- Book ID
- 103710541
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 663 KB
- Volume
- 48
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0308-8146
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