Identification of volatile compounds in solvent extracts of honeys produced in South Africa

African Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 6, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 4327-4334

  Manyi Loh, Christy E ^a   Clarke, Anna M ^a   Ndip, Roland N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BUEA   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Honey; Solvent extraction; South Africa; Volatile compounds

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052867094     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1991637X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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