Composition and antioxidant activity of Trigona carbonaria honey from Australia

Journal of Medicinal Food

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 789-794

  Oddo, Livia Persano ^a   Heard, Tim A ^b   Rodríguez Malaver, Antonio ^c   Pérez, Rosa Ana ^d   Fernández Muiño, Miguel ^e   Sancho, María Teresa ^e   Sesta, Giulio ^a   Lusco, Lorenzo ^a   Vit, Patricia ^c  

^a Sezione di Apicoltura   (Italy)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

^d Instituto Madrileno de Investigacion y Desarrollo Rural   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BURGOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Australia; Honey; Meliponini; Physicochemical composition; Stingless bee; Trigona carbonaria

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; 2,2' AZINOBIS (3 ETHYLBENZOTHIAZOLINE 6 SULFONIC ACID) CATION; AMYLASE; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA FRUCTOFURANOSIDASE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; CATION; CITRIC ACID; FLAVONOID; FREE RADICAL; FRUCTOSE; GLUCONIC ACID; GLUCOSE; LACTOSE; MALIC ACID; MALTOSE; NITROGEN; POLYPHENOL; QUERCETIN; SUCROSE; SUGAR; TROLOX C; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ACIDITY; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOLORIZATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HONEY; HONEYBEE; MOISTURE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STINGLESS BEE; WATER CONTENT;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; AUSTRALIA; BEES; CARBOHYDRATES; FLAVONOIDS; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; HONEY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROCESSES;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; ARBUTUS; CASTANEA; CUCUMIS MELO VAR. INODORUS; MELIPONINAE; TRIGONA CARBONARIA;

EID: 57349179261     PISSN: 1096620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jmf.2007.0724     Document Type: Article

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