Physicochemical characteristics of honey from different. Results honey from all melliferous areas of chubut province were studied in terms of physicochemical properties. This study was carried out to investigate the physiochemical properties of local honey collected from different flora of gilgitbaltistan namely. The comb honey samples were kept under suitable storage conditions until filtration.
Abstract the physicochemical characteristics of libyan eucalyptus honey were measured including. Physicochemical characteristics of honey samples from mambilla. Estevinho3 1 pharmaceutical science school, university of sao paulo, av. Quality evaluation of commercialised honey in tirana using. The honey samples were tested for the following parameters. Physicochemical properties of honey are important parameters to be known. Honey can be characterized according to its identified includes maltose, sucrose, maltulose, turanose, geographical origin. Honey is a natural sweet substance produced by honey bees, from the nectars of plant flowers and honey dew. Moroccan honey by means of the analysis of physicochemical characteristics with different flora of eastern morocco. Differentiation between samples, such as honeydew honey and polyfloral honey, was based on.
The ph of the honey samples were determined in a 10% aqueous honey solution using a digital ph. It has great diversity, giving it a multitude of properties, both nutritionally and therapeutically. The physicochemical characteristics of 25 samples of commercial eucalyptus honey eucalyptus sp. The physicochemical parameters like moisture content, ph, titratable acidity, total sugars, reducing sugar and nonreducing. Volatile profile and physicochemical analysis of acacia. Five standard physicochemical parameters were determined according to the international legislation. Melissopalynological analysis of honey samples showed a wide variability, with. Patangrao kadam mahavidyalaya, sangli ms india abstract drinking water has great effects on human health. Physicochemical analysis of spanish commercial eucalyptus. Bees also make natural blends of honey from many different flowers in areas where no flower predominates.
Differentiation of blossom honey and honeydew honey from. It is the nectar and saccharine exudation of plants, gathered, modified and stored in comb by honeybees apis mellifera and apis dorsata singh and bath 1997. Melissopalynological analysis remains nowadays as the only technique, which allows a direct botanical origin characterization, while physicochemical parameters. Thirty one honey samples were collected from beekeepers in different regions of eastern morocco.
This study aimed to study the physicochemical and microbiological characteristics of honeys collected during the dry and rainy seasons in the different phytogeographical areas of benin. The data was subjected to statistical analysis in which different physicochemical and biochemical parameters of honey were compared using analysis of variance anova and students t test steel and torrie, 1981. Electrical conductivity and total dissolved solids. Physicochemical properties of spray dried honey powder. Physicochemical analysis indicated that the samples are mostly not within the range reported by the codex standard for honey. Pdf physicochemical analysis of honey in the kenyan. Several challenges and new approaches have been discussed. To determine honey varieties, some pollen, physicochemical, microbiological, and sensorial analysis must be taken into account.
A study on the determination of physicochemical properties. To ensure the inclusion of all of the available reports on the physicochemical properties of stingless bee honey, a literature search was done by employing the scopus published between 1823 to may 2018 database with the combination of the following two sets of keywords 1 stingless or meliponini or trigona or stingless bee honey and 2 physic or chem or physicochemical. Phytochemical analysis and chemical composition of. Characterization of physicochemical properties and. Physicochemical analysis determination of ph and electrical conductivity. Physicochemical analysis of honey samples collected from. The physicochemical of chemical characteristics of water samples in the study area suggested that there was no harmful chemical contamination. Honeycombs were also stored at the refrig erator for analysis. Physicochemical analysis the methods were based on protocols of a. Physicochemical analysis article about physicochemical. The relationship between the microscopic elements in honey, such as metschnikowia cells and fungal spores from plant pathogens, together with their physicochemical parameters were analysed.
Physicochemical analysis for measurement of moisture content, hmf, diastase activity, free acidity, and electrical conductivity in each honey sample was done based on methods described by the association of the official analytical chemists and harmonized methods of the international honey commission 1, 28. Pdf honey is a natural sweet substance produced by honey bees, from the. Physicochemical analysis of honey samples collected from local markets of rawalpindi and islamabad, pakistan article pdf available april 2014 with 4,907 reads how we measure reads. Methods of chemical and physicochemical analysis in the identi. Physicochemical analysis of drinking water samples of different places in kadegaon tahsil, maharashtra india dhanaji kanase g, shagufta shaikh a, pramod jagadale n department of chemistry, bharati vidyapeeths, dr. Analysis of biochemical composition of honey samples from. Honey is characteristically acidic, with a ph ranging between 3. The ph values and electrical conductivities of the honey samples were measured at 28 2c using ph and conductivity meters. Physicochemical properties of stingless bee honey from. It has been reported that honey isomaltose, laminaribiose, nigerose, kojibiose, gentiobiose samples showed regional variation in the physicochemical and btrehalose.
Physicochemical ash, moisture, hmf, sucrose, ph, acidity, invert sugar, diastase activity and. Ec is one of the most important factors for determining the physical characteristics of honey. Department of biochemistry, faculty of science, university of maiduguri, nigeria. The physicochemical properties of honey samples from umuahia in abia state, nigeria were compared with those of samples obtained from other towns obudu and nsukka in the region with the aim of. Honeycombs were also stored at the refrigerator for analysis. Acidity milliequivalent of acid per kg of honey was determined. Kavapurayil et al analysis of indian honey samples 11 acta alimentaria 43, 2014 1. Physicochemical characteristics and microbiological quality of. The study revealed that all honeys had ph, water content. Physicochemical and antioxidant properties of algerian honey. Owayss plant protection department, faculty of agriculture, fayoum university, egypt. We have been able to compile a book with chapters by authors from nine countries brazil, chile, italy, malta, new zealand, poland. Physicochemical analysis of some commercial honey samples.
After the mechanical filtration, the samples were stored until analysis in a jar at room temperature. Physicochemical analysis of drinking water samples of. Melissopalynological analysis of honey samples showed a wide variability, with samples from different honey sources being collected from different geographical origins. Pdf physicochemical analysis of honey samples collected. Generally, consumers are unaware of the quality of honey they buy. Physicochemical and pollen analysis of honey of karnataka 832 was determined by titrimetric method aoac 1990. That being the case, it is necessary to control the quality of commercial honey, due to related cases of adulteration 9. Physicochemical and antioxidant properties of bangladeshi. Physicochemical characteristics of honey from different origins. Physicochemical properties of some honeys produced from. Nguyen 2 1 department of apiculture and sericulture, university of. Herbal, acacia and berry, promoted by some local honeybee keepers who are supposed to be famous for quality honey produce. Determination of the botanical origin of honeybee honeys. These values are lower than those previously reported for honey samples from india, which have ph values between 3.
Methods of chemical and physicochemical analysis in the. Pdf physicochemical characteristics of honey from different origins. For example, colour of honey affects its price, its moisture helps in stability analysis, and its viscosity is needed for design of processing equipment. Because it has been reported that low ph inhibits the presence and growth of. Comparative study of the physicochemical and palynological. Physicochemical characteristics and microbiological. The research subject of this paper was a detail physicochemical analysis of 28 honey samples from the northern part of montenegro. Retail honey has always been subjected to some form of processing during honey production thus its crucial to assess its quality periodically so as to ascertain whether it satisfies the minimum set requirements. It is also an important physicochemical measurement for the authentication of uni. When the moisture % contents of these honey samples are observed can be divided in three groups. Physicochemical and microbiological properties of honey. Honey is defined as the natural sweet substance produced by apis mellifera bees from the nectar of plants or from secretions of living parts of plants or excretions of plantsucking insects on the living parts of plants, which the bees collect, transform by combining with specific substances of their own, deposit, dehydrate, store and leave in. Physicochemical analysis of honey samples collected from local markets of rawalpindi and islamabad, pakistan.
The study was conducted to evaluate the physicochemical properties of honey from bale natural forest southeastern of ethiopia in 201415. Results and discussion table i shows the results of physicochemical analysis of nepalese honeys compared with that of. Physicochemical analysis for standardizing quality criteria of libyan eucalyptus eucalyptus sp. Physicochemical analysis for standardizing quality. Paper open access physicochemical analysis, antioxidant. Honey, propolis and beebreadexhibited antioxidant activity through the total phenolic content of 700 mg gaekg, 1600 mg gaekg and 300 mg gaekg respectively. Paper open access physicochemical analysis of several.
The honey from montenegro has not been previously studied in such detail. The book honey analysis has 15 chapters divided into two sections. Physicochemical analysis is the field of chemistry dealing with these processes, the interrelation between the composition, structure and properties of matter and determination of synthetic conditions for obtaining such substances. Various techniques were used to analyse the honey samples. These properties are often used to determine the quality of honey. The principles of physicochemical analysis were established in the late 19th century by j. Original article comparative study of the physicochemical and palynological characteristics of honey from melipona subnitida and apis mellifera ligia b.
Analysis of biochemical composition of honey samples from northeast nigeria. Physicochemical analysis is a set of tests to measure the quality and authenticity of honey. Honey is a sweet fluid produced by honey bees from nectar derived from flowers. Honey samples ph moisture % protein gg colour a450, mau agastache 4. Effects of harvesting methods on physicochemical and. The present study aimed to evaluate physicochemical characteristics and quality of honey from different origins. Physicochemical parameters affected the primary production in different areas. Classification of entomological origin of honey based on. Physicochemical results were compared with international regulatory standards bogdanov et al. The present work encompasses a critical physicochemical characterization of 5 commercial honey samples available in india. Physicochemical properties, antioxidant features of honey. The physicochemical analysis of sixteen honey samples of local brand is shown in table 3 and 4. The places from where honey sample was collected physicochemical analysis. All of our honey samples were acidic, with ph values ranging between 3.
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