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Title:		Characterization of Botanical Origin of Italian Honey by Carbohydrate Composition and Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs)
Author(s):		Tedesco R; Scalabrin E; Malagnini V; Strojnik L; Ogrinc N; Capodaglio G;
Address:		"Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics, University of Venice, Ca' Foscari, Via Torino 155, 30172 Venice Mestre, Italy. Centro Ricerca e Innovazione, Fondazione Edmund Mach (FEM), Via E.Mach 1, San Michele all'Adige, 38010 Trento, Italy. National Research Council, Polar Science Institute, Via Torino 155, 30172 Venice Mestre, Italy. Department of Environmental Sciences, Jozef Stefan Institute, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia"
Journal Title:		Foods
Year:		2022
Volume:		20220813
Issue:		16
Page Number:		-
DOI:		10.3390/foods11162441
ISSN/ISBN:		2304-8158 (Print) 2304-8158 (Electronic) 2304-8158 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Honey is a natural sweetener constituted by numerous macro- and micronutrients. Carbohydrates are the most representative, with glucose and fructose being the most abundant. Minor honey components like volatile organic compounds (VOCs), minerals, vitamins, amino acids are able to confer honey-specific properties and are useful to characterize and differentiate between honey varieties according to the botanical origin. The present work describes the chemical characterization of honeys of different botanical origin (multifloral, acacia, apple-dandelion, rhododendron, honeydew, and chestnut) produced and collected by beekeepers in the Trentino Alto-Adige region (Italy). Melissopalynological analysis was conducted to verify the botanical origin of samples and determine the frequency of different pollen families. The carbohydrate composition (fourteen sugars) and the profile of VOCs were evaluated permitting to investigate the relationship between pollen composition and the chemical profile of honey. Statistical analysis, particularly partial least squares discriminant analysis (PLS-DA), demonstrates the importance of classifying honey botanical origin on the basis of effective pollen composition, which directly influences honey's biochemistry, in order to correctly define properties and value of honeys"
Keywords:		Italian honey Pls-da apple-dandelion carbohydrates melissopalynological analysis;
Notes:		"PubMed-not-MEDLINETedesco, Raffaello Scalabrin, Elisa Malagnini, Valeria Strojnik, Lidija Ogrinc, Nives Capodaglio, Gabriele eng Switzerland 2022/08/27 Foods. 2022 Aug 13; 11(16):2441. doi: 10.3390/foods11162441"