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Regular consumption of an antioxidant-rich juice improves oxidative status and causes metabolome changes in healthy

M Elena Díaz-Rubio1, Jara Pérez-Jiménez, Miguel Ángel Martínez-Bartolomé

  • 1Department of Metabolism and Nutrition, Institute of Food Science, Technology and Nutrition (ICTAN-CSIC), Jose Antonio Novais, 10, 28040, Madrid, Spain.

Plant Foods for Human Nutrition (Dordrecht, Netherlands)
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