Composition and antioxidant activity of honey from Africanized and stingless bees in Alagoas (Brazil): a multivariate analysis

• Published in: Journal of apicultural research Vol. 51; no. 1; pp. 23 - 35
• Main Authors: Duarte, Alysson Wagner Fernandes, dos Santos Vasconcelos, Maria Raphaella, de Menezes, Adriana Pereira Domarques, da Silva, Silvio Chagas, Oda-souza, Melissa, López, Ana Maria Queijeiro
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis 01.01.2012
• Subjects: antioxidant; honey; principal component analysis; stingless bees

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the antioxidant activity of honey from different entomological sources which were harvested in the dry season of 2008-2009 from distinct mesoregions of the State of Alagoas in the North East of Brazil. Honey produced by five different species of bees, even f...