Floral Markers in Honey of Various Botanical and Geographic Origins: A Review

Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 620-634

  Kaškoniene, Vilma ^a   Venskutonis, Petras R ^b  

^a VYTAUTAS MAGNUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^b KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CHEMICAL MARKERS; COMPOSITIONAL DATA; DATA MANAGEMENT; FLORAL SOURCES; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGINS; GLOBAL MARKET; PHENOLIC ACIDS; SAMPLE PREPARATION; UNIFLORAL HONEYS; VOLATILE COMPOUNDS;

AMINO ACIDS; CARBOHYDRATES; CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS; CHEMICALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FOOD PRODUCTS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; ORGANIC ACIDS; PHENOLS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS;

APOIDEA;

EID: 79951782055     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15414337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-4337.2010.00130.x     Document Type: Article

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