Physical, biochemical and antioxidant properties of some Indian honeys

Food Chemistry

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 391-397

  Saxena, Sudhanshu ^a   Gautam, Satyendra ^a   Sharma, Arun ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; DPPH; Indian honeys; Phenolics content; Proline; Radical scavenging activity

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PIGMENT; PROLINE;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD COLOR; FOOD COMPOSITION; HONEY; INDIA; MOISTURE; PH; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; VISCOSITY;

EID: 69049087638     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2009.05.001     Document Type: Article

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