Antioxidant capacity, physicochemical and floral characterization of honeys from the northeast of Brazil

Revista Virtual de Quimica

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 57-77

  De Almeida, Alberto Magno M ^a,b   Oliveira, Mônika B S ^a   Da Costa, João G ^c   Valentim, Iara B ^a,d   Goulart, Marília O F ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ALAGOAS   (Brazil)

^b Empresa Baiana de Desenvolvimento Agrícola S A EBDA   (Brazil)

^c EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^d Institutio Federal de Educacao Ciencia Tecnologia Alagoas Brazil   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antioxidant capacity; Honey; Physicochemical analysis; Total phenolic content

Indexed keywords

EID: 84966340550     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19846835     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5935/1984-6835.20160005     Document Type: Article

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