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To determine whether free amino acid profiles can effectively distinguish floral honeys from honeydew honeys as a faster alternative to traditional pollen and physicochemical testing.

December 9, 2003Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Usefulness of Amino Acid Composition To Discriminate between Honeydew and Floral Honeys. Application to Honeys from a Small Geographic Area

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MIMaría Teresa IglesiasBiogipuzkoa Health Research Institute CLCristina de LorenzoCentro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte MPMaría del Carmen PoloInstituto de Fermentaciones Industriales

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Comparative analysis demonstrates complete discrimination between honeydew and floral honeys using amino acid profiles, indicating an efficient alternative to traditional pollen analysis.

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To determine whether free amino acid profiles can effectively distinguish floral honeys from honeydew honeys as a faster alternative to traditional pollen and physicochemical testing.
Quantified free amino acid concentrations in 46 honey samples collected within an area of approximately 2000 km² in central Spain.
Categorized samples into 27 floral and 19 honeydew honeys based on standard melissopalynological and physicochemical analyses.
Applied multivariate statistical analysis to classify honey types according to their amino acid composition.
Achieved 100% correct classification of honey samples into floral or honeydew groups based solely on glutamic acid and tryptophan concentrations.
Demonstrated that profiling free amino acids offers a rapid and reliable method for determining botanical origin compared with time-consuming conventional analyses.

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Iglesias et al. (2003) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7cc8ae273accedbda8b40a https://doi.org/10.1021/jf030454q

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Comparative analysis demonstrates complete discrimination between honeydew and floral honeys using amino acid profiles, indicating an efficient alternative to traditional pollen analysis.

Usefulness of Amino Acid Composition To Discriminate between Honeydew and Floral Honeys. Application to Honeys from a Small Geographic Area

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