A scientific note on the Phadebas method for honeys with low enzyme content

Apidologie

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 347-348

  Oddo, Livia Persano ^a   Pulcini, Patrizio ^a  

^a Sezione di Apicoltura   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diastase; Honey; Phadebas

Indexed keywords

HONEY;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ASSAY; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD QUALITY; NONHUMAN; STANDARD;

EID: 0032747588     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:19990411     Document Type: Article

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