Detection of adulterated commercial Spanish beeswax

Food Chemistry

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 642-648

  Serra Bonvehi, J ^a   Orantes Bermejo, F J ^b  

^a Research and Development Department of Nederland Co   (Spain)

^b Apinevada Analytical Laboratory of Bee Products   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adulteration; Beeswax; Gas chromatography; Microcrystalline wax

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL DETECTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MELTING POINT; PARAFFINS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; STEARIC ACID; WAXES;

ADULTERATION; APIS MELLIFERA; BEESWAX; CARNAUBA WAX; DETECTION LIMITS; MICROCRYSTALLINE WAX; MICROCRYSTALLINES; MONOESTERS; PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; SAPONIFICATION NUMBERS;

PARAFFIN WAXES;

ACID; ALCOHOL; HYDROCARBON; MICROCRYSTALLINE WAX; PARAFFIN; PROPOLIS; STEARIC ACID; CARNAUBA WAX; STEARIC ACID DERIVATIVE; WAX;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MELTING POINT; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; SAPONIFICATION; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; PROCEDURES; SYNTHESIS;

APIS MELLIFERA;

ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; HYDROCARBONS; STEARIC ACIDS; WAXES;

EID: 84355161507     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: 18737072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2011.10.104     Document Type: Article

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