Major flavonoids of Argentinean honeys. Optimisation of the extraction method and analysis of their content in relationship to the geographical source of honeys

Food Chemistry

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1141-1149

  Iurlina, Miriam O ^a   Saiz, Amelia I ^a   Fritz, Rosalía ^a   Manrique, Guillermo D ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentinean honeys; Botanical source; Flavonoids; Geographical region; HPLC; XAD 4 resin

Indexed keywords

EID: 62249120344     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2009.01.003     Document Type: Article

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