Palma, Mario Sergio [UNESP]2014-05-202014-05-201992-01-01Journal of Apicultural Research. Cardiff: Int Bee Research Assoc, v. 31, n. 1, p. 42-44, 1992.0021-8839http://hdl.handle.net/11449/695Samples of Brazilian royal jelly from Africanized Apis mellifera were analysed in order to determine the gross composition: crude moisture ranged from 67.80% to 69.40%, crude protein from 15.80% to 16.70%, crude lipid from 2.90% to 3.98% and-total sugars from 11.40% to 11.50%. The sugar fraction was investigated and revealed the presence of the following compounds identified by their retention time during HPLC analysis: ribose, fructose, glucose, sucrose, mannose, trehalose, erythritol, adonitol and mannitol.42-44engROYAL JELLYCARBOHYDRATESSUGARSPROTEINSLIPIDSWATER CONTENTHPLCBRAZILArtigoWOS:A1992KH14500007Acesso restrito2901888624506535