Determination of Nutritional Value and Oxidative Stability of Fresh Walnut

Subject Areas : Microbiology

Najmeh Chatrabnous ¹ , Navid Yazdani ² , Kourosh Vahdati ³

1 - Department of Horticulture, College of Aburaihan, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
2 - Department of Horticulture, College of Aburaihan, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
3 - Department of Horticulture, College of Aburaihan, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

Received: 2016-12-20 Accepted : 2017-04-03 Published : 2018-06-01

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