Immunological characterization of honey major protein and its application

Food Chemistry

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1334-1338

  Won, Se Ra ^a   Li, Chun Ying ^a   Kim, Jang Won ^a   Rhee, Hae Ik ^a  

^a Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Apis cerena; Apis mellifera; ELISA; Honey major protein

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ANTIGEN; HONEY PROTEIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEE EXTRACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HONEY; HONEYBEE; IMMUNIZATION; NONHUMAN; RAT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

APIS CERANA; APIS MELLIFERA; RATTUS;

EID: 55949105457     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2008.08.082     Document Type: Article

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