Composition and properties of Apis mellifera honey: A review

AA Machado De-Melo… - Journal of apicultural …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Honey is a natural sweetener with a complex composition. Honey features vary depending
on the botanical source and geographical origin, as well as climatic, processing and storage …

A comprehensive review on the main honey authentication issues: Production and origin

S Soares, JS Amaral, MBPP Oliveira… - … Reviews in Food …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Honey is a highly consumed natural product, not only for its taste and nutritional value, but
also for its health benefits. Owing to characteristics that are essentially or exclusively related …

Application of analytical methods in authentication and adulteration of honey

AJ Siddiqui, SG Musharraf, MI Choudhary - Food chemistry, 2017 - Elsevier
Honey is synthesized from flower nectar and it is famous for its tremendous therapeutic
potential since ancient times. Many factors influence the basic properties of honey including …

Contribution of honey in nutrition and human health: a review

JM Alvarez-Suarez, S Tulipani, S Romandini… - … Journal of Nutrition and …, 2010 - Springer
Our manuscript shows that honey has a variety of positive nutritional and health effects. It
contains at least 181 substances, is a supersaturated solution of sugars, and contains small …

[PDF][PDF] Harmonised methods of the international honey commission

S Bogdanov, P Martin, C Lullmann - Swiss Bee Research Centre …, 2002 - academia.edu
Many of the present official honey analysis methods and thus also the regulatory norms
based on them, are outdated and need revision (1). A Commission was formed in 1990 to …

Floral markers in honey of various botanical and geographic origins: a review

V Kaškonienė, PR Venskutonis - Comprehensive reviews in …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
In view of the expanding global market, authentication and characterization of botanical and
geographic origins of honey has become a more important task than ever. Many studies …

Analysis of phenolic acids and flavonoids in honey

K Pyrzynska, M Biesaga - TrAC trends in analytical chemistry, 2009 - Elsevier
Honey is rich in phenolic acids and flavonoids, which exhibit a wide range of biological
effects and act as natural antioxidants. The analysis of polyphenols has been regarded as a …

Volatile compounds in honey: A review on their involvement in aroma, botanical origin determination and potential biomedical activities

CE Manyi-Loh, RN Ndip, AM Clarke - International Journal of Molecular …, 2011 - mdpi.com
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in honey are obtained from diverse biosynthetic
pathways and extracted by using various methods associated with varying degrees of …

Honey volatiles as a fingerprint for botanical origin—a review on their occurrence on monofloral honeys

AM Machado, MG Miguel, M Vilas-Boas, AC Figueiredo - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Honeys have specific organoleptic characteristics, with nutritional and health benefits, being
highly appreciated by consumers, not only in food but also in the pharmaceutical and …

Volatile-Compound Fingerprinting by Headspace-Gas-Chromatography Ion-Mobility Spectrometry (HS-GC-IMS) as a Benchtop Alternative to 1H NMR Profiling for …

N Gerhardt, M Birkenmeier, S Schwolow… - Analytical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
This work describes a simple approach for the untargeted profiling of volatile compounds for
the authentication of the botanical origins of honey based on resolution-optimized HS-GC …