Commercial bee pollen with different geographical origins: A comprehensive approach

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 11173-11187

  Nogueira, Carla ^a   Iglesias, Antonio ^b   Feás, Xesus ^b   Estevinho, Leticia M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE BRAGANÇA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bee pollen; Labeling rules; Microbiological characterization; Physicochemical characterization; Pollinic analysis

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; LIPID; SUGAR;

ARTICLE; ASH; CANDIDA; CANDIDA MAGNOLIAE; CANDIDA NORVEGENSIS; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CISTACEAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS; CRYPTOCOCCUS HUMICOLA; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; HYGIENE; LIPID ANALYSIS; MARKETING; MOISTURE; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLLEN; POLLEN ANALYSIS; PORTUGAL; PRODUCT SAFETY; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; QUALITY CONTROL; RHODOTORULA MUCILAGINOSA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SPAIN; TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION; WATER CONTENT; ZYGOSACCHAROMYCES ROUXII; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; BEE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FOOD PACKAGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; YEAST;

APOIDEA; CISTACEAE; CLOSTRIDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; RHODOTORULA MUCILAGINOSA; SALMONELLA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANIMALS; BEES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FOOD LABELING; POLLEN; YEASTS;

EID: 84866897686     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms130911173     Document Type: Article

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