Honey for nutrition and health: a review

S Bogdanov, T Jurendic, R Sieber… - Journal of the American …, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
Due to the variation of botanical origin honey differs in appearance, sensory perception and
composition. The main nutritional and health relevant components are carbohydrates …

Contribution of honey in nutrition and human health: a review

JM Alvarez-Suarez, S Tulipani, S Romandini… - … Journal of Nutrition and …, 2010 - Springer
Our manuscript shows that honey has a variety of positive nutritional and health effects. It
contains at least 181 substances, is a supersaturated solution of sugars, and contains small …

Differences between honeydew and blossom honeys: A review

C Pita-Calvo, M Vázquez - Trends in Food Science & Technology, 2017 - Elsevier
Background Honey is classified in blossom honey (nectar of plants) or honeydew honey
(secretions of living parts of plants or excretions of plant-sucking insects on plants). The …

Determination of metal content in honey by atomic absorption and emission spectrometries

P Pohl - TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 2009 - Elsevier
Honey contains a variety of metals. Major metals are primarily derived from soil and nectar-
producing plants, but consideration also needs to be given to environmental pollution or …

Recent advancements in detecting sugar-based adulterants in honey–A challenge

L Wu, B Du, Y Vander Heyden, L Chen, L Zhao… - TrAC Trends in …, 2017 - Elsevier
Honey is a natural sweetening agent widely used in food products and as a daily diet
ingredient, but it also has medicinal properties. An increase in the demand for honey has …

Honey from Luso region (Portugal): Physicochemical characteristics and mineral contents

LR Silva, R Videira, AP Monteiro, P Valentão… - Microchemical …, 2009 - Elsevier
This work was conducted to evaluate the quality of 38 honey samples from Luso region
(Portugal), and to study the relation between Eucalyptus pollen and chemical properties of …

Characterisation of Spanish thyme honeys by their physicochemical characteristics and mineral contents

A Terrab, AF Recamales, D Hernanz, FJ Heredia - Food chemistry, 2004 - Elsevier
The qualities of 25 thyme honey samples from Spain were evaluated. Eight common
physicochemical parameters were analysed, namely water content, pH, acidity (free, lactonic …

Mineral analysis of mono-floral New Zealand honey

LP Vanhanen, A Emmertz, GP Savage - Food Chemistry, 2011 - Elsevier
The levels of 18 different minerals in ten locally produced mono-floral honeys (clover,
honeydew, kāmahi, mānuka, nodding thistle, rātā, rewarewa, tāwari, thyme and viper's …

Trace element levels in honeys from different regions of Turkey

M Tuzen, S Silici, D Mendil, M Soylak - Food chemistry, 2007 - Elsevier
A survey of 25 honey samples from different botanical origin, collected all over the Turkey
was conducted to assess their trace element contents. The aim of this study was to …

Minor and trace elements in different honey types produced in Siena County (Italy)

A Pisani, G Protano, F Riccobono - Food chemistry, 2008 - Elsevier
The concentrations of 23 chemical elements (Al, As, Ba, Ca, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Hg, K, Mg,
Mn, Na, Ni, Pb, Sb, Se, Sr, Th, Tl, U, Zn) were determined in 51 honey samples of different …