Properties of honey from Tetragonisca angustula fiebrigi and Plebeia wittmanni of Argentina;Propriétés du miel produit par Tetragonisca angustula fiebrigi et Plebeia wittmanni en Argentine;Die Eigenschaften von argentinischen Tetragonisca angustula fiebrigi- und Plebeia wittmanni-Honigen

Apidologie

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 667-675

  Sgariglia, Melina Araceli ^a   Vattuone, Marta Amelia ^a   Vattuone, María Marta Sampietro ^a   Soberón, José Rodolfo ^a   Sampietro, Diego Alejandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

antibacterial properties; composition; honey; Meliponini; Plebeia wittmanni; Tetragonisca angustula fiebrigi

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856867859     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido/2010028     Document Type: Article

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