Sugar profile and enzymatic analysis of stingless bee honey collected from local market in Malaysia. IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering (736). pp. 50-55. (2020)
Abstract
Commercial honey is widely available in the market, raising questions whether the honeys are good in quality or otherwise, Thus, this research was designed to compare
the quality of harvested stingless bee honey and commercial honey available in the Malaysian market by measuring their sugar profile and enzyme activity. The analysis showed that the honey contained moisture between 16.6% - 32.1%, various sugar starting with fructose (15.03 – 48.44 g /100 g), glucose (12.16 – 40.09 g/100 g), sucrose (<0.01 – 7.29 g/100 g), Fructose + Glucose (F+G) (15.03- 80.25 g/100 g),
Fructose/Glucose (F/G) (0.78 – 1.63), and G/W (0.47 – 1.89). Also, diastase activity and Invertase activity of the honey varied from 1.82 to 6.11 DN and 0.27 IN to 4.94
IN, respectively. Eight honey samples including harvested honey, H. Itama and G.Thoracica showing comparable results with past studies and within the limits of Malaysian Standard. However, all honey samples demonstrate lower enzyme activity suggesting that honey from stingless bee has low enzyme activity compare to Apis mellifera honey.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Keywords: | Sugar profile, Enzyme, Stingless bee honey |
| Taxonomy: | By Niche > Kelulut (Stingless Bee) > Ecology By Niche > Kelulut (Stingless Bee) > Research |
| Local Content Hub: | Niche > Kelulut (Stingless Bee) |
| Depositing User: | Nur Rohaya Razali |
| Date Deposited: | 14 Aug 2024 03:34 |
| Last Modified: | 14 Aug 2024 03:34 |
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