Physicochemical characterization of natural honeys from different regions in Slovakia

This study is intended to determine the physicochemical characteristics of Slovakian honeys, and compare them with specifications described in the Codex Alimentarius Standard, the European Honey directive, the Slovak Codex Alimentarius and Slovak standard No. 1/2006. In addition, we tried to find ou...

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Autores principales: Sudzina, Marian, Melich, Martin, Kňazovická, Vladimira, Felšöciová, Soña, Kociubinski, Guillermo Luis, Andreji, Jaroslav, Pavličová, Simona, Kráčmar, Stanislav
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Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/82713
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topic Ciencias Exactas
Apis mellifera
Codex alimentarius
European honey commission
Honey quality
Slovakia
spellingShingle Ciencias Exactas
Apis mellifera
Codex alimentarius
European honey commission
Honey quality
Slovakia
Sudzina, Marian
Melich, Martin
Kňazovická, Vladimira
Felšöciová, Soña
Kociubinski, Guillermo Luis
Andreji, Jaroslav
Pavličová, Simona
Kráčmar, Stanislav
Physicochemical characterization of natural honeys from different regions in Slovakia
topic_facet Ciencias Exactas
Apis mellifera
Codex alimentarius
European honey commission
Honey quality
Slovakia
description This study is intended to determine the physicochemical characteristics of Slovakian honeys, and compare them with specifications described in the Codex Alimentarius Standard, the European Honey directive, the Slovak Codex Alimentarius and Slovak standard No. 1/2006. In addition, we tried to find out correlations between individual constituents of honeys. Physicochemical characterization was carried out following the harmonized methods dictated by the International Honey Commission IHC. Honey samples (n=50) were collected from three honey types (blossom, blends, honeydew), and from the three main Slovakian geographical regions (named 'east', 'middle' and 'west'). The physicochemical evaluation included moisture, reduced sugars, proline, hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF), conductivity, diastase and invertase activity, pH and water activity, following the techniques proposed by the European Honey Commission (EHC). The moisture content in the honey varied from 15.26 to 17.65%, HMF levels ranged from 21.83 to 63.00 mg.kg<SUP>-1</SUP>, the diastase activity varied from 21.01 DN to 36.67, invertase activity varied from 121.73 to 164.11 U.kg<SUP>-1</SUP>, the proline content varied from 426.56 to 531.79mg.kg<SUP>-1</SUP>, the fructose content values were found from 36.33 to 40.20 g.100g<SUP>-1</SUP>, the glucose content values ranged from 27.67 to 31.00g.100g<SUP>-1</SUP>, the values of saccharose content were from 0.15 to 0.37g.100g<SUP>-1</SUP>, the conductivity varied from 29.48 to 97.24mS.cm<SUP>-1</SUP>, the pH value varied from 4.06 to 4.80 and the water activity content varied from 0.55 to 0.57. Significant differences (P ≤ 0.05) were found between HMF and fructose, glucose and saccharose and conductivity and pH, significant differences (P ≤ 0.01) between fructose and glucose and significant differences (P ≤ 0.001) were found between HMF and conductivity. Between blossom honey and honeydew honey were found statistical significant differences in HMF (P ≤ 0.05) and conductivity between honeydew honey and blossom honey (P ≤ 0.001). Among regions were determined statistical differences between HMF and invertase (P ≤ 0.05) and conductivity (P ≤ 0.01).
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author Sudzina, Marian
Melich, Martin
Kňazovická, Vladimira
Felšöciová, Soña
Kociubinski, Guillermo Luis
Andreji, Jaroslav
Pavličová, Simona
Kráčmar, Stanislav
author_facet Sudzina, Marian
Melich, Martin
Kňazovická, Vladimira
Felšöciová, Soña
Kociubinski, Guillermo Luis
Andreji, Jaroslav
Pavličová, Simona
Kráčmar, Stanislav
author_sort Sudzina, Marian
title Physicochemical characterization of natural honeys from different regions in Slovakia
title_short Physicochemical characterization of natural honeys from different regions in Slovakia
title_full Physicochemical characterization of natural honeys from different regions in Slovakia
title_fullStr Physicochemical characterization of natural honeys from different regions in Slovakia
title_full_unstemmed Physicochemical characterization of natural honeys from different regions in Slovakia
title_sort physicochemical characterization of natural honeys from different regions in slovakia
publishDate 2009
url http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/82713
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