Usefulness of Amino Acid Composition to Discriminate between Honeydew and Floral Honeys. Application to Honeys from a Small Geographic Area

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 84-89

  Iglesias, María Teresa ^a   De Lorenzo, Cristina ^a   Polo, María Del Carmen ^b   Martín Álvarez, Pedro Jésus ^b   Pueyo, Encarnacíon ^b  

^a IMIA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE FERMENTACIONES INDUSTRIALES CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Floral honey; Free amino acids; Honeydew honey

Indexed keywords

2 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ALANINE; AMINO ACID; ARGININE; ASPARAGINE; BETA ALANINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; GLYCINE; HISTIDINE; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; LYSINE; METHIONINE; ORNITHINE; PHENYLALANINE; PROLINE; SERINE; THREONINE; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE; VALINE;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HONEY; HONEYBEE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLLEN; SPAIN;

AMINO ACIDS; CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL; CUCUMIS; FLOWERS; GLUTAMIC ACID; HONEY; SPAIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

APIS MELLIFERA;

EID: 0347985303     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf030454q     Document Type: Article

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