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- ↑ Diwakar, Bastihalli Tukaram; Dutta, Pinto Kumar; Lokesh, Belur Ramaswamy; Naidu, Kamatham Akhilender (2010). "Physicochemical Properties of Garden Cress (Lepidium sativum L.) Seed Oil". Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society. 87 (5): 539. doi:10.1007/s11746-009-1523-z. S2CID 84640977.
- ↑ Umesha, S.S.; Naidu, K. Akhilender (2012). "Vegetable oil blends with α-linolenic acid rich Garden cress oil modulate lipid metabolism in experimental rats". Food Chemistry. 135 (4): 2845–2851. doi:10.1016/j.foodchem.2012.05.118. PMID 22980881.
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