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Further Reading
Aherne SA and O'Brien NM (2002) Dietary flavonols: chemistry, food content, and metabolism. Nutrition 18: 75–81.
Dangles O and Dufour C (2008) Flavonoid–protein binding processes and their potential impact on human health. In: Daayf F and Lattanzio V (eds) Recent Advances in Polyphenol Research, vol. 1. Oxford, UK: Wiley‐Blackwell. DOI: 10.1002/9781444302400.ch3.
Faggio C, Sureda A, Morabito S, et al. (2017) Flavonoids and platelet aggregation: A brief review. European Journal of Pharmacology 807: 91–101. DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2017.04.009.
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