Organic honey from Trás-Os-Montes region (Portugal): Chemical, palynological, microbiological and bioactive compounds characterization

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 258-264

  Estevinho, Leticia M ^a   Feás, Xesús ^b   Seijas, Julio A ^b   Pilar Vazquez Tato M ^b  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE BRAGANÇA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bioactive compounds; Erica sp.; Honey; Microbiological analysis; Organic; Physico chemical analysis

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; FLAVONOID; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; SUCROSE; SUGAR;

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; ASH; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLOSTRIDIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FECAL COLIFORM; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD SAFETY; HONEY; MESOPHILE; MOISTURE; MOULD; NONHUMAN; PALYNOLOGY; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PORTUGAL; SALMONELLA; YEAST;

FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HONEY; PORTUGAL;

CLOSTRIDIA; ERICA; SALMONELLA;

EID: 84855239316     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: 18736351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2011.10.034     Document Type: Article

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