Honey collected from different Floras of Chandigarh Tricity: A comparative study involving physicochemical parameters and biochemical activities

Journal of Dietary Supplements

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 303-313

  Kumar, Pradeep ^a   Sindhu, Rakesh K ^a   Narayan, Shridhar ^b   Singh, Inderbir ^a  

^a CHITKARA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Acacia spp.; Antibacterial; Antioxidant; Apis mellifera; Citrus spp.; Eucalyptus spp.; Honey; Physicochemical parameters; Ziziphus spp.

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYMETHYLFURFURAL; 5-HYDROXYMETHYLFURFURAL; ACID; AMYLASE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FURFURAL; WATER;

ANGIOSPERM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; BEE; CHEMISTRY; CITRUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLOWER; HONEY; PH; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUGAR INTAKE;

ACIDS; AMYLASES; ANGIOSPERMS; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; AZADIRACHTA; BEES; CITRUS; DIETARY SUCROSE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLOWERS; FURALDEHYDE; HONEY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; WATER;

ACACIA; AMOMUM; APIS MELLIFERA; AZADIRACHTA; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; BRASSICA; CITRUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUCALYPTUS; HELIANTHUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; ZIZIPHUS;

EID: 78649498804     PISSN: 19390211     EISSN: 1939022X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/19390211.2010.508034     Document Type: Article

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