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Food Chem

Title:		"Quality parameters, pollen and volatile profiles of honey from North and Central Mozambique"
Author(s):		Tanleque-Alberto F; Juan-Borras M; Escriche I;
Address:		"Departamento de Ciencias Naturais e Matematica, Universidade Pedagogica-Nampula, Mozambique. Institute of Food Engineering for Development (IUIAD), Food Technology Department (DTA), Universitat Politecnica de Valencia, Valencia, Spain. Institute of Food Engineering for Development (IUIAD), Food Technology Department (DTA), Universitat Politecnica de Valencia, Valencia, Spain. Electronic address: iescrich@tal.upv.es"
Journal Title:		Food Chem
Year:		2019
Volume:		20181102
Issue:
Page Number:		543 - 553
DOI:		10.1016/j.foodchem.2018.11.007
ISSN/ISBN:		1873-7072 (Electronic) 0308-8146 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Honey from different provinces of North and Central Mozambique was characterised considering their physicochemical quality parameters, colour, sugars, total antioxidants, pollen analysis and volatile profile. Flora that surrounds the hives, and the apicultural practices also influence in their characteristics. According to a similar pollen spectrum, eight types of honey were found. In these, the predominant pollens were: I-Astragalus type; II-Acanthus sp; III-Celastraceae; IV-Brassicaceae; V-Anacardiaceae and Astragalus type; VI-Astragalus type and Myrtaceae; VII-Asteraceae family and VIII-unknown. Group I (from Nampula), especially distanced itself from the others mainly due to the special abundance of certain compounds (alcohols, aldehydes, esters, acids and terpenes). The presence of furan compounds largely identified in Sofala and Manica honeys could be due to inadequate beekeeping practices or storage conditions. A discriminant analysis correctly classified 96.7% of the groups, being electrical conductivity and moisture followed by the volatile-compound 3-Methylbutan-1-ol and the free acidity, the variables that most contributed"
Keywords:		Acanthaceae/chemistry Anacardiaceae/chemistry Antioxidants/analysis Asteraceae/chemistry Astragalus Plant/chemistry Beekeeping Brassicaceae/chemistry Celastraceae/chemistry Color Discriminant Analysis Food Analysis *Food Quality Honey/*analysis Mozambique;
Notes:		"MedlineTanleque-Alberto, Fernando Juan-Borras, Marisol Escriche, Isabel eng England 2018/12/07 Food Chem. 2019 Mar 30; 277:543-553. doi: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2018.11.007. Epub 2018 Nov 2"