Nectar flavonol rhamnosides are floral markers of acacia (Robinia pseudacacia) honey

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 56, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 8815-8824

  Truchado, Pilar ^a   Ferreres, Federico ^a   Bortolotti, Laura ^b   Sabatini, Anna Gloria ^b   Tomás Barberán, Francisco A ^a  

^a RESEARCH GROUP ON QUALITY   (Spain)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Botanical origin; Flavonoids; Floral markers; Floral nectar; Honey quality; HPLC MS MS; Robinia

Indexed keywords

FLAVONOID; GLYCOSIDE; HEXOSE; KAEMPFEROL; KAEMPFEROL DERIVATIVE; RHAMNOSE;

ACACIA; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FLOWER; HONEY;

ACACIA; FLAVONOIDS; FLOWERS; GLYCOSIDES; HEXOSES; HONEY; KAEMPFEROLS; RHAMNOSE;

ACACIA; ROBINIA; ROBINIA PSEUDOACACIA;

EID: 54349088325     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf801625t     Document Type: Article

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