Palynological origin, phenolic content, and antioxidant properties of honeybee-collected pollen from Bahia, Brazil

Molecules

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 1652-1664

  Freire, Kristerson R L ^a   Lins, Antonio C S ^a   Dórea, Marcos C ^b   Santos, Francisco A R ^b   Camara, Celso A ^d   Silva, Tania M S ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Bee pollen; Flavonoids; Palynological analysis

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; PHENOL DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; BRAZIL; CHEMISTRY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; POLLEN;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BEES; BRAZIL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; PHENOLS; POLLEN;

EID: 84857591897     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules17021652     Document Type: Article

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