Enzymatic Determination of Total D-Gluconic Acid in Honey

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 3550-3553

  Mato, Inés ^a   Huidobro, José F ^a   Sánchez, M Pilar ^a   Muniategui, Soledad ^b   Fernández Muiño, Miguel A ^c   Sancho, M Teresa ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BURGOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

D glucono lactone; Enzymatic analysis; Honey; Total D gluconic acid

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001156821     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf970012c     Document Type: Article

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