Monitoring Major Sugars in Greek Commercial Fir Honey and their Role in Geographical Differentiation, using Chemometrics

Ioannis Konstantinos Karabagias

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Ioannis Konstantinos Karabagias

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commercial fir honey; sugars; high pressure liquid chromatography; refractive index; differentiation

Abstract

The aim of the present study was a) to provide information on fructose, glucose, sucrose and maltose content, along with sum of fructose and glucose content, fructose/glucose ratio, and sum of the four sugars, of a lees common type of honey produced in Greece namely fir, and b) investigate the possibility of geographical differentiation using above parameters in combination with chemometrics. For this purpose, 30 commercial fir honey samples were collected during the harvesting period 2011 from 4 different regions in Greece. The analysis of saccharides was performed by high pressure liquid chromatography coupled to a refractive index detector. Results showed that sugar content of fir honey was affected by geographical origin (p

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Monitoring Major Sugars in Greek Commercial Fir Honey and their Role in Geographical Differentiation, using Chemometrics. (2016). Global Journal of Medical Research, 16(42), 13-20. https://medicalresearchjournal.org/index.php/GJMR/article/view/

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