NUTRITION : CONCEPTS + CONTROVERSIES
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Chapter 2, Problem 18SC
Summary Introduction
To determine:
Whether the statement ‘As natural constituents of foods, phytochemicals are safe to consume in large amounts’is correct or not.
Introduction:
The phytochromes are the naturally occurring chemicals present in the plants. In all the cells of the plants the phytochromes are present they are consumed in a large amount in our daily diet.
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