Phenolic profile, antioxidant activity and palynological analysis of stingless bee honey from Amazonas, Northern Brazil

Food Chemistry

Volumn 141, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 3252-3258

  Silva, Isnandia Andréa Almeida Da ^a   Silva, Tania Maria Sarmento Da ^b   Camara, Celso Amorim ^b   Queiroz, Neide ^a   Magnani, Marciane ^a   Novais, Jaílson Santos De ^c   Soledade, Luiz Edmundo Bastos ^d   Lima, Edeltrudes De Oliveira ^e   Souza, Antonia Lucia De ^a   Souza, Antonio Gouveia De ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^c Federal University of the Westside of Pará   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MARANHÃO   (Brazil)

^e Universidade Federal da Paraiba Centro de Ciencias da Saude Faculdade de Medicina   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazonian honeys; Melipona (Michmelia) seminigra merrillae; Melissopalynology; Phenolic compounds; Stingless bees

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANTS; PHENOLS;

AMAZONIAN HONEYS; MELIPONA (MICHMELIA) SEMINIGRA MERRILLAE; MELISSOPALYNOLOGY; PHENOLIC COMPOUNDS; STINGLESS BEES;

FOOD PRODUCTS;

4 HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID; 4 METHOXYCINNAMIC ACID; ABSCISIC ACID; APIGENIN; CAFFEIC ACID; CATECHOL; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CHLOROGENIC ACID; CINNAMIC ACID; COUMARIC ACID; FERULIC ACID; GALLIC ACID; ISOFERULIC ACID; ISORHAMNETIN; KAEMPFEROL; LUTEOLIN; MYRICETIN; NARINGENIN; NYSTATIN; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PROTOCATECHUIC ACID; QUERCETIN; SALICYLIC ACID; SINAPIC ACID; SYRINGIC ACID; TAXIFOLIN; TRICETIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANILLIC ACID; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DETERMINATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HONEY; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; POLLEN ANALYSIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STINGLESS BEE; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; BACTERIA; BEE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; POLLEN;

CLIDEMIA; MELIPONA SEMINIGRA; MELIPONINAE; MYRCIA;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BACTERIA; BEES; BRAZIL; HONEY; PHENOLS; POLLEN;

EID: 84897120829     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: 18737072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2013.06.072     Document Type: Article

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