Variation of apparent ethanol content of unspoiled northwestern Spanish honeys during storage

Food Chemistry

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 417-420

  Huidobro, José F ^a   Rea, María Estrella ^a   Mato, Inés ^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 Escla Politecnica Sup Univ B   (Spain)

Author keywords

Apparent ethanol; Evolution; Galicia, Spain; Honey; Moisture content; Storage

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME CHEMISTRY; HONEY; MEASUREMENT; MOISTURE; OSCILLATION; REFRACTION INDEX; SAMPLE; SPAIN; STORAGE; TIME;

EID: 0035039338     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-8146(00)00316-2     Document Type: Article

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