Chemical composition, botanical evaluation and screening of radical scavenging activity of collected pollen by the stingless bees Melipona rufiventris (Uruçu-amarela)

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 173-178

  Silva, Tania M S ^a   Camara, Celso A ^a   Lins, Antonio C S ^b   Agra, Maria de Fátima ^b   Silva, Eva M S ^c   Reis, Igor T ^c   Freitas, Breno M ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Bee pollen; Flavonoids; Melipona rufiventris; Uru u amarela

Indexed keywords

APOIDEA; FABACEAE; MELIPONA RUFIVENTRIS; MELIPONINAE; SCOPARIA; SCOPARIA DULCIS; SCROPHULARIACEAE; SENNA; SENNA OBTUSIFOLIA;

EID: 67649854061     PISSN: 00013765     EISSN: 16782690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0001-37652009000200003     Document Type: Article

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