THE CHARACTERIZATION OF BLOSSOM HONEYS FROM TWO PROVINCES OF PAKISTAN

Journal Article

Khan, Khalid Ali . 2016

• نوع عمل المنشور: Ph.D.
• رابط المنشور على الويب: THE CHARACTERIZATION OF BLOSSOM HONEYS FROM TWO PROVINCES OF PAKISTAN
• الوسوم: chemical analyses, comparison, honeys, qualitative properties.
• المجلة \ الصحيفة: Italian Journal of Food Science
• رقم العدد: 4
• رقم الإصدار السنوي: 28
• الصفحات: 625 to 638

مستخلص المنشور

This study characterized fifteen blossom honeys collected from eleven locations in the Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) provinces of Pakistan. Mean values for physicochemical parameters (i.e., moisture, water activity, free acidity, pH, electric conductivity, diastase activity, total acidity, ash, total protein, hydroxymethylfurfural, fructose, glucose, sucrose, maltose, raffinose, reducing sugars, total sugars, and fructose/glucose ratio) were 18.09 %,0.57,13.52 mEq kg-1, 4.27, 414.41µS cm-1, 10.56 DN, 26.80 mEq kg-1, 0.15 %, 313.30 mg 100 g-1, 15.39 mg kg-1, 35.49 %, 30.77 %,4.41%, 2.12%,0.11%, 66.25%, 72.88 %, and 1.16, respectively. The sucrose content was slightly high in three honeys. In general, all of the remaining honey samples met the criteria for international honey standards.