Cocoa and chocolate consumption – Are there aphrodisiac and other benefits for human health?
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2008;21(3) S Afr J Clin Nutr Afoakwa EO, MPhil, PhD Centre for Food Quality, Strathclyde Institute for Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom Department of Nutrition and Food Science, University of Ghana, Legon – Accra, Ghana. Nestlé Product Technology Centre York, York, United Kingdom Correspondence to: E Afoakwa, e-mail: [email protected]
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تاریخ انتشار 2010