Nutritional and botanical interest of honey collected from protected natural areas

Plant Biosystems

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 62-70

  Canini, A ^a   Pichichero, E ^a   Alesian, D ^a   Canuti, L ^a   Leonardi, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Flavonoids; Floristic census; Honey; Melissopalynology; Polyphenols; Residues

Indexed keywords

EID: 68949200862     PISSN: 11263504     EISSN: 17245575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11263500802633543     Document Type: Article

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