Flavonoids in Meliponinae honeys from Venezuela related to their botanical, geographical and entomological origin to assess their putative anticataract activity

European Food Research and Technology

Volumn 206, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 288-293

  Vit, Patricia ^a   Tomás Barberán, Francisco A ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

^b RESEARCH GROUP ON QUALITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Flavonoids; Honey; HPLC; Meliponinae; Pollen analysis; Stingless bees; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

EID: 54749109504     PISSN: 14382377     EISSN: 14382385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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