Physiologic processes affecting the content and distribution of phytonutrients in plants
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Further data is necessary before biochemists and plant physiologists can definitively identify plant biosynthetic pathways and transport mechanisms in crop plants. Such research will eventually determine each plant's phytonutrient composition.
Publication Name: Nutrition Reviews
Subject: Food/cooking/nutrition
ISSN: 0029-6643
Year: 1999
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Phytonutrients' role in metabolism: effects on resistance to degenerative processes
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Dietary fiber and some nutrients, also called phytonutrients, have been identified as producing biological responses that resist chronic diseases. These have been organized into 10 classes defined by biological activity.
Publication Name: Nutrition Reviews
Subject: Food/cooking/nutrition
ISSN: 0029-6643
Year: 1999
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