Physicochemical composition of pure and adulterated royal jelly

The physicochemical composition of pure royal jelly as well as of some adulterated samples was analyzed by determining moisture, ash, lipids, nitrogen/proteins, carbohydrates, starch and 10- HDA (10-hydroxy-2-decenoic acid). The solubility in alkaline medium was used to detect the main frauds for ad...

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Main Authors: Luis Henrique Garcia-Amoedo, Ligia Bicudo de Almeida-Muradian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Química 2007-04-01
Series:Química Nova
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-40422007000200002