Phenolic compounds in Hungarian acacia, linden, milkweed and goldenrod honeys.

Curr Res Food Sci

Department of Agricultural Biology, Institute of Biology, University of Pécs, 7624, Pécs, Ifjúság str. 6., Hungary.

Published: June 2023

Honey is a valuable source of nutrients, minerals and phenolic compounds. Phenolic acids and flavonoids are associated with health benefits of honey and can serve as markers for distinguishing honey types. This study aimed at determining the phenolic profile of four Hungarian unifloral honeys that were not analyzed previously. After verifying their botanical origin with melissopalynological analysis, total reducing capacity was determined with Folin-Ciocalteau method, and phenolic composition was analyzed with HPLC-DAD-MS. From the 25 phenolic substances examined, pinobanksin was the most abundant, followed by chrysin, -hydroxybenzoic acid and galangin. Quercetin and -syringaldehyde were detected only in acacia honey, which contained higher levels of chrysin and hesperetin compared to the other three honeys. Milkweed and linden honeys displayed higher levels of caffeic, chlorogenic, ferulic and -coumaric acids compared to acacia and goldenrod honeys. Taxifolin may serve as a unique marker compound of milkweed honey. Goldenrod honey contained the highest level of syringic acid. Principal component analysis supported the indicator role of polyphenols in honey identification, discriminating clearly the four unifloral honeys. Our results suggest that phenolic profiles may be useful to find markers of honey's floral origin, but geographical origin can strongly influence the composition of characteristic compounds.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10276249PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.crfs.2023.100526DOI Listing

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