1. Characterization of honey of stingless bees from the Brazilian semi-arid region
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Rosane Silva Sant’ana, Carlos Alfredo Lopes de Carvalho, Melissa Oda-Souza, Bruno de Almeida Souza, Fabio de S. Dias, Rosane da S. Sant'ana, Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia, Campus Universitário de Cruz das Almas, Carlos Alfredo L. de Carvalho, Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia, Campus Universitário de Cruz das Almas, Melissa Oda-Souza, Universidade Estadual do Piauí, Campus Poeta Torquato Neto, Teresina, BRUNO DE ALMEIDA SOUZA, CPAMN, and Fabio de S. Dias, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Campus Universitário de Camaçari.
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Veterinary medicine ,Chemical Phenomena ,Context (language use) ,Biology ,01 natural sciences ,Animal products ,Analytical Chemistry ,0404 agricultural biotechnology ,Species Specificity ,Stingless bees ,Animals ,Abelha sem ferrão ,Carboxylic acids ,010401 analytical chemistry ,Produto ,Collection period ,04 agricultural and veterinary sciences ,General Medicine ,Honey ,Bees ,040401 food science ,Honey samples ,Arid ,0104 chemical sciences ,Melipona subnitida ,Droughts ,Ácido ,Produto de abelha ,Abelha ,Brazil ,Ácido carboxílico ,Food Science - Abstract
The physicochemical characteristics of honey vary according to bee species, climate, region, period of collection, processing and storage. In this context, this work aimed to perform a comparative study of the physicochemical characteristics of Melipona subnitida and M. fasciculata honey collected at different periods and regions of the State of Piauí, Brazil. Twenty-nine honey samples were collected and evaluated by principal component analysis from physicochemical analysis data. Twenty-two percent of the parameters analyzed differed between species. Evaluating the collection period, the honey of M. subnitida and M. fasciculata presented differences among themselves. The study revealed a similarity between the physicochemical parameters of the honey of the two species of bees, in addition, the time was one of the determining factors in the formation of clusters. Made available in DSpace on 2020-10-21T09:13:45Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 CharacterizationHoneyStinglessBeesFoodChemistry327.2020.pdf: 266107 bytes, checksum: 81756a9df4d1b66a427e3d89160cb901 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2020
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- 2019