Chemical composition and free radical scavenging activity of pollen loads from stingless bee Melipona subnitida Ducke

Journal of Food Composition and Analysis

Volumn 19, Issue 6-7, 2006, Pages 507-511

  Silva, Tania Maria Sarmento ^a   Camara, Celso Amorim ^a   da Silva Lins, Antonio Claudio ^a   Maria Barbosa Filho, José ^a   da Silva, Eva Mônica Sarmento ^b   Freitas, Breno Magalhães ^b   de Assis Ribeiro dos Santos, Francisco ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bee pollen; Botanical evaluation; Chemical analysis; Free radical scavenging; Melipona subnitida

Indexed keywords

APOIDEA; FABACEAE; MELIPONA SUBNITIDA; MIMOSA; SCAPTOTRIGONA POSTICA;

EID: 33744785107     PISSN: 08891575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfca.2005.12.011     Document Type: Article

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