Bee products have garnered considerable interest due to their abundant nutritional content
and versatile biological activities. The utilization of bee products as fermentation materials …

Vinegar is one of the oldest acetic acid-diluted solution products in the world. It is produced
from any fermentable sugary substrate by various fermentation methods. The final vinegar …

Total phenolic content, antioxidant activity (two assays: 1, 1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl radical
(DPPH) and ferric reducing antioxidant power (FRAP)), and color coordinates (CIE …

Total and individual carotenoids, fatty acid composition of total lipids, and main lipid classes
of 16 fresh bee-collected pollen samples from Romania were determined by high …

Honeybees, Apis mellifera, have several prophylactic disease defense strategies, including
the foraging of antibiotic, antifungal, and antiviral compounds of plant products. Hence …

Incidents of fraud are emerging on the domestic Chinese honey market, especially where
lower value rape honey is mixed with high-value acacia honey. In this study, we use a …

The objective of this study is to test the feasibility of multi-isotopic and elemental analyses
combined with chemometric techniques for differentiating the botanical origins of major …

Background Mead is a traditional alcoholic beverage obtained by fermentation of mead wort
and is popularly produced at home and/or in small meaderies. Different types of mead can …

Honeybee colonies offer an excellent environment for microbial pathogen development. The
highest virulent, colony killing, bacterial agents are P aenibacillus larvae causing American …

Scientific evidence suggests that honey is a novel antioxidant and it can reduce the risk of
chronic diseases, including cancer and heart disease. It is particularly recommended for …