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Title:		"Organic extractives from Mentha spp. honey and the bee-stomach: methyl syringate, vomifoliol, terpenediol I, hotrienol and other compounds"
Author(s):		Jerkovic I; Hegic G; Marijanovic Z; Bubalo D;
Address:		"Faculty of Chemistry and Technology, University of Split, N. Tesle 10/V, Split, Croatia. igor@ktf-split.hr"
Journal Title:		Molecules
Year:		2010
Volume:		20100422
Issue:		4
Page Number:		2911 - 2924
DOI:		10.3390/molecules15042911
ISSN/ISBN:		1420-3049 (Electronic) 1420-3049 (Linking)
Abstract:		"The GC and GC/MS analyses of the solvent organic extractive from the stomach of the bees, having collected Mentha spp. nectar, revealed the presence of methyl syringate (6.6%), terpendiol I (5.0%) and vomifoliol (3.0%) that can be attributed to the plant origin. Other major compounds from the bee-stomach were related to the composition of cuticular waxes and less to pheromones. Organic extractives from Mentha spp. honey were obtained by solvent-free headspace solid-phase microextraction (HS-SPME) and ultrasonic solvent extraction (USE) and analyzed by GC and GC/MS. The major honey headspace compounds were hotrienol (31.1%-38.5%), 2-methoxy-4-methylphenol (0.5-6.0%), cis- and trans-linalool oxides (0.9-2.8%), linalool (1.0-3.1%) and neroloxide (0.9-1.9%). Methyl syringate was the most abundant compound (38.3-56.2%) in the honey solvent extractives followed by vomifoliol (7.0-26.6%). Comparison of the honey organic extractives with the corresponding bee-stomach extractive indicated that methyl syringate and vomofoliol were transferred to the honey while terpendiol I was partially transformed to hotrienol in ripened honey"
Keywords:		Alkenes/chemistry/isolation & purification Animals Bees/*chemistry Butanols/chemistry/isolation & purification Cyclohexanones/chemistry/isolation & purification Gallic Acid/analogs & derivatives/chemistry/isolation & purification Gas Chromatography-Mass S;
Notes:		"MedlineJerkovic, Igor Hegic, Gordana Marijanovic, Zvonimir Bubalo, Dragan eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Switzerland 2010/04/30 Molecules. 2010 Apr 22; 15(4):2911-24. doi: 10.3390/molecules15042911"