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Influence of conventional and recent extraction technologies on physicochemical properties of bioactive

Chigozie Louis Okolie1, Taiwo O Akanbi2, Beth Mason1

  • 1Verschuren Centre for Sustainability in Energy and the Environment, Cape Breton University, Sydney, NS B1P 6L2, Canada.

Food Research International (Ottawa, Ont.)
|February 6, 2019
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Keywords:
Bioactive macromoleculesExtraction techniquesFunctional foodsNutraceuticalsPhysicochemical properties

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