Phytochemistry, metabolism, and ethnomedical scenario of honey: A concurrent review

RS Ahmad, MB Hussain, F Saeed… - … journal of food …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Honey is a natural domestic sweet food material and a chemically diverse superfluous
product of nectar acquired from flowers. Owing to the presence of higher amounts of …

Honey quality and microplastic migration from food packaging: A potential threat for consumer health?

K Katsara, G Kenanakis, E Alissandrakis… - Microplastics, 2022 - mdpi.com
In ancient Greece, people said that “honey is the Food of the Gods”, and they were right.
They believed that honey fell from the sky, with the morning dew, on the flowers and leaves …

Sugar profiling of honeys for authentication and detection of adulterants using high-performance thin layer chromatography

MK Islam, T Sostaric, LY Lim, K Hammer, C Locher - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Honey adulteration, where a range of sugar syrups is used to increase bulk volume, is a
common problem that has significant negative impacts on the honey industry, both …

Natural crystallization properties of honey and seed crystals-induced crystallization process for honey performance enhancing

P Ji, X Liu, C Yang, F Wu, J Sun, W Cao, H Zhao - Food chemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
Honey crystallization is a common occurrence, while the underlying mechanisms are not
clear. Here we evaluated natural crystallization and induced crystallization of honey. By …

The influence of chemical contaminants on the physicochemical properties of unifloral and multifloral honey

LA Scripcă, S Amariei - Foods, 2021 - mdpi.com
The aim of this study was to evaluate and compare the effect of antibiotic and pesticide
residues on the physicochemical properties of unifloral and multifloral honey. The mineral …

Effect of thermal liquefaction on quality, chemical composition and antibiofilm activity against multiresistant human pathogens of crystallized eucalyptus honey

I Villacrés-Granda, A Proaño, D Coello, A Debut… - Food chemistry, 2021 - Elsevier
Thermal liquefaction is a conventional method used by beekeepers to liquefy crystallized
honey. However, an abusive use of heat may affect its quality, chemical composition and …

Investigation of water state during induced crystallization of honey

S Tappi, L Laghi, A Dettori, L Piana, L Ragni, P Rocculi - Food chemistry, 2019 - Elsevier
This work studied water state of honey during crystallization, obtained statically and
dynamically, by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), water activity (aw) assessment and …

A non-conventional TD-NMR approach to monitor honey crystallization and melting

B Berk, L Grunin, MH Oztop - Journal of Food Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
Crystallization of glucose is a natural process that could occur in honey due to several
reasons and glucose is one of them. In this study, a non-conventional TD-NMR pulse …

Physical and structural properties of honey crystallized by static and dynamic processes

S Tappi, V Glicerina, L Ragni, A Dettori… - Journal of Food …, 2021 - Elsevier
The aim of the present study was to investigate the main physical and structural properties of
honey during static and dynamic induced crystallization. For this aim, three honey samples …

Kinetic of induced honey crystallization and related evolution of structural and physical properties

A Dettori, S Tappi, L Piana, M Dalla Rosa, P Rocculi - LWT, 2018 - Elsevier
Induced crystallization is carried out by adding fine crystals to the liquid honey in order to
increase the rate of the process and to obtain a uniform and stable product. The aim of this …