Authentication of honey by multivariate analysis of its physico-chemical parameters

Journal of Food and Nutrition Research

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 170-180

  Kukurová, Kristína ^a,c   Karovičová, Jolana ^b   Kohajdová, Zlatica ^b   Bíliková, Katarína ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^b SLOVAK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Slovakia)

^c FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Authentication; Cluster analysis; Honey; Principal component analysis

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 58149383584     PISSN: 13368672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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