FOOD SCIENCE ›› 2008, Vol. 29 ›› Issue (10): 468-470.

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Pilot Study on Determination of Odor Differences among Bee Propolis Samples from Different Areas by Electronic Nose

 DONG  Jie, ZHANG  Hong-Cheng, LI  Chun-Yang   

  1. 1.Institute of Apicultural Research,Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science,Beijing 100093,China; 2.National Research Center of Bee Product Processing,Ministry of Agriculture,Beijing 100093,China; 3.Institute of Agro-food Science and Technology,Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences,Nanjing 210014,China
  • Online:2008-10-15 Published:2011-12-08

Abstract: Electronic nose of AIRSENSE’s PEN3 was used to determine the odor differences among 52 samples of bee propolis samples from 14 different areas in China. It was found that bee propolis samples can be distinguished according to different odor by electronic nose.

Key words: propolis, electronic nose, odor