Estimation and characterisation of major royal jelly proteins obtained from the honeybee Apis merifera

Food Chemistry

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1491-1497

  Tamura, Shougo ^a   Kono, Toru ^b   Harada, Chika ^b,c   Yamaguchi, Kikuji ^b,c   Moriyama, Takanori ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^c Japan Royal Jelly Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

MRJP 1; MRJP 1 oligomer; MRJP 2; Royal jelly; Soluble RJ proteins

Indexed keywords

EID: 60249096648     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2008.11.058     Document Type: Article

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