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... vitamins A and B. But , except in Scythian territory , their access to the essential vitamin C appears to have been limited . Fresh fruit and vegetables were very rare on the steppes , and , by rights , the nomads ought to have * This ...
... vitamins A and B. But , except in Scythian territory , their access to the essential vitamin C appears to have been limited . Fresh fruit and vegetables were very rare on the steppes , and , by rights , the nomads ought to have * This ...
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... vitamins ( from vita : life , and amine : any chemical compound containing nitrogen ; the terminal " e " was later dropped when it was discovered that all vitamins did not , in fact , contain nitrogen ) . THE DISCOVERY OF VITAMINS ...
... vitamins ( from vita : life , and amine : any chemical compound containing nitrogen ; the terminal " e " was later dropped when it was discovered that all vitamins did not , in fact , contain nitrogen ) . THE DISCOVERY OF VITAMINS ...
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... vitamins in 250 ; as weed 41 , 250 Tortilla 37 , 249 , 249-52 Tortoise 144 Towns , industrial 328-331 , 329 ; medieval 186 , 194-96 Trade : in ancient world 47 , 54-57 , 75 , 87 , 94 ; Arab 124 Byzantine competition 169 , 186 , monopoly ...
... vitamins in 250 ; as weed 41 , 250 Tortilla 37 , 249 , 249-52 Tortoise 144 Towns , industrial 328-331 , 329 ; medieval 186 , 194-96 Trade : in ancient world 47 , 54-57 , 75 , 87 , 94 ; Arab 124 Byzantine competition 169 , 186 , monopoly ...
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Maps | 7 |
INTRODUCTION New Worlds and New Foods | 236 |
The Americas | 244 |
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