Chemical Composition of Different Botanical Origin Honeys Produced by Sicilian Black Honeybees (Apis mellifera ssp. sicula)

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 63, Issue 25, 2015, Pages 5864-5874

  Mannina, Luisa ^a,b   Sobolev, Anatoly P ^b   Di Lorenzo, Arianna ^c   Vista, Silvia ^a   Tenore, Gian Carlo ^d   Daglia, Maria ^c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera ssp sicula; chemical characterization; honey; HPLC PAD ESI MSn; NMR

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; CITRUS FRUITS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITIONS; ANETHUM GRAVEOLENS; APIS MELLIFERA; CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; HONEY; HPLC PADS; UNIFLORAL HONEYS;

FOOD PRODUCTS;

ANETHUM GRAVEOLENS; APIS MELLIFERA; CITRUS; CITRUS LIMON; ERIOBOTRYA JAPONICA; HEDYSARUM CORONARIUM; MESPILUS GERMANICA;

PHENOL DERIVATIVE;

ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; BEE; CHEMISTRY; CITRUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FABACEAE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HONEY; ITALY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; BEES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CITRUS; FABACEAE; HONEY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHENOLS; SICILY;

EID: 84935112105     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: 15205118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf506192s     Document Type: Article

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