Carbohydrate analysis of floral nectar using medium infrared

Phytochemical Analysis

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 319-324

  Flores Ortiz, Cesar Mateo ^a   Castro, Ignacio Peñalosa ^a   Hernandez Portilla, Luis Barbo ^a   Dávila Aranda, Patricia Dolores ^a   del Coro Arizmendi, Maria ^a  

^a Fac Estud Superiores Zaragoza U   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Analysis of sugars; Carbohydrates; Ceiba parvifolia; FT IR; Medium range IR; Nectar; Pachycereus pecten aborigimum

Indexed keywords

FRUCTOSE; GLUCOSE; SUGAR (SUCROSE);

ANALYSE OF SUGAR; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CEIBUM PARVIFOLIA; INSTRUMENTAL METHODS; MEDIUM RANGE; MEDIUM RANGE IR; NECTAR; PACHYCEREUS PECTEN-ABORIGIMUM; SUGAR CONTENT; TOTAL SUGARS;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBOHYDRATE; CARBON DIOXIDE; FRUCTOSE; GLUCOSE; SUCROSE; WATER;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CACTACEAE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CHEMOMETRIC ANALYSIS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FLOWER; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NECTAR; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; REFRACTOMETRY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CEIBA; PACHYCEREUS; PECTEN;

EID: 0141676718     PISSN: 09580344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pca.723     Document Type: Article

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