Artículo

Estamos trabajando para incorporar este artículo al repositorio
Consulte el artículo en la página del editor
Consulte la política de Acceso Abierto del editor

Abstract:

Background: The characterization of three types of Marche (Italy) honeys (Acacia, Multifloral, Honeydew) was carried out on the basis of the their quality parameters (pH, sugar content, humidity) and mineral content (Na, K, Ca, Mg, Cu, Fe, and Mn). Pattern recognition methods such as principal components analysis (PCA) and linear discriminant analysis (LDA) were performed in order to classify honey samples whose botanical origins were different, and identify the most discriminant parameters. Lastly, using ANOVA and correlations for all parameters, significant differences between diverse types of honey were examined. Results: Most of the samples' water content showed good maturity (98%) whilst pH values were in the range 3.50-4.21 confirming the good quality of the honeys analysed. Potassium was quantitatively the most relevant mineral (mean = 643 ppm), accounting for 79% of the total mineral content. The Ca, Na and Mg contents account for 14, 3 and 3% of the total mineral content respectively, while other minerals (Cu, Mn, Fe) were present at very low levels. PCA explained 75% or more of the variance with the first two PC variables. The variables with higher discrimination power according to the multivariate statistical procedure were Mg and pH. On the other hand, all samples of acacia and honeydew, and more than 90% of samples of multifloral type have been correctly classified using the LDA. ANOVA shows significant differences between diverse floral origins for all variables except sugar, moisture and Fe. Conclusion: In general, the analytical results obtained for the Marche honeys indicate the products' high quality. The determination of physicochemical parameters and mineral content in combination with modern statistical techniques can be a useful tool for honey classification.

Registro:

Documento: Artículo
Título:Characterization of Italian honeys (Marche Region) on the basis of their mineral content and some typical quality parameters
Autor:Conti, M.E.; Stripeikis, J.; Campanella, L.; Cucina, D.; Tudino, M.B.
Filiación:SPES Development Studies Research Centre, Universita di Roma La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
INQUIMAE, Departamento de Quimica Inorganica, Analitica y Quimica Fisica, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Dipartimento di Chimica, Universita di Roma La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
Año:2007
Volumen:1
Número:1
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-153X-1-14
Título revista:Chemistry Central Journal
Título revista abreviado:Chem. Cent. J.
ISSN:1752153X
Registro:https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_1752153X_v1_n1_p_Conti

Referencias:

  • Council Directive 2001/ 110/EC of 20 December 2001 relating to honey (2002) Official Journal of the European Communities, L10, pp. 47-52. , Council Directive of the European Union
  • Greenwood, D., Honey for superficial wounds and ulcers (1993) Lancet, 341 (8837), pp. 90-91
  • Taormina, P.J., Niemira, B.A., Beuchat, L.R., Inhibitory activity of honey against foodborne pathogens as influenced by the presence of hydrogen peroxide and level of antioxidant power (2001) Int J Food Microbiol, 69, pp. 217-225
  • Molan, P., Why honey is effective as a medicine: 2. The scientific explanation of its effects (2001) Bee World, 82, pp. 22-40
  • Cooper, R.A., Molan, P.C., Harding, K.G., The sensitivity to honey of Gram-positive cocci of clinical significance isolated from wounds (2002) J Appl Microbiol, 93, pp. 857-863
  • Osservatorio nazionale della produzione e del mercato del miele: Andamento produttivo e di mercato del miele in Italia (2005). Rapporto annuale 2004, Castel San Pietro Terme, 29.1.2005; Maurizio, A., Microscopy of honey (1979) Honey: A Comprehensive, pp. 240-257. , Survey Edited by: Crane E. Heinemann, London
  • Serra Bonvehi, J., Physicochemical properties, composition and pollen spectrum of Eucalyptus honey produced in Spain (1989) Anales de Bromatología, 41, pp. 41-46
  • Martinez Gomez, M.E., Guerra Hernández, E., Montilla Gomez, J.Y., Molins Marin, J.L., Physicochemical analysis of Spanish commercial Eucalyptus honeys (1993) J Apic Res, 32, pp. 121-126
  • Serra Bonvehí, J., Ventura Coll, F., Characterization of Citrus honey (Citrus spp.) produced in Spain (1995) J Agrie Food Chem, 43, pp. 2053-2057
  • Persano Oddo, L., Piazza, M.G., Sabatini, A.G., Accorti, M., Characterization of unifloral honeys (1995) Apidologie, 26, pp. 453-465
  • Thrasyvoulou, A., Manikis, J., Some physicochemical and microscopic characteristics of Greek unifloral honeys (1995) Apidologie, 26, pp. 441-452
  • Perez-Arquillue, C., Conchello, R., Arino, A., Juan, T., Herrero, A., Physicochemical attributes and pollen spectrum of some unifloral Spanish honeys (1995) Food Chem, 54, pp. 167-172
  • Seijo, M.C., Jato, M.V., Aira, M.J., Iglesias, I., Unifloral honeys of Galicia (north-west Spain) (1997) J Apic Res, 36, pp. 133-139
  • Louveaux, J., Vergeron, P., Étude du spectre pollinique de quelques miels espagnols (1964) Ann Abeille, 1, pp. 329-347
  • Louveaux, J., Maurizio, A., Vorwohl, G., Methods of melissopalynology (1978) Bee World, 59, pp. 139-157
  • Von der Ohe, W., Unifloral honeys: Chemical conversion and pollen reduction (1994) Grana, 33, pp. 292-294
  • Latorre, M.J., Peña, R., Pita, C., Botana, A., García, S., Herrero, C., Chemometric classification of honeys according to their type. II. Metal content data (1999) Food Chem, 66, pp. 263-268
  • Hermosin, I., Chicón, R.M., Dolores Cabezudo, M., Free amino acid composition and botanical origin of honey (2003) Food Chem, 83, pp. 263-268
  • Serrano, S., Villarejo, M., Espejo, R., Jodral, M., Chemical and physical parameters of Andalusian honey: Classification of Citrus and Eucalyptus honeys by discriminant analysis (2004) Food Chem, 87, pp. 619-625
  • Devillers, J., Morlot, M., Pham-Delegue, M.H., Dore, J.C., Classification of monofloral honeys based on their quality control data (2004) Food Chem, 86, pp. 305-312
  • Soria, A.C., González, M., De Lorenzo, C., Martínez-Castro, I., Sanz, J., Characterization of artisanal honeys from Madrid (Central Spain) on the basis of their melisssopalynological, physicochemical and volatile composition data (2004) Food Chem, 85, pp. 121-130
  • Cometto, P.M., Faye, P.F., Di Paola Naranjo, R.D., Rubio, M.A., Aldo, M.A.J., Comparison of free amino acids profile in honey from three Argentinian regions (2003) J Agr Food Chem, 51, pp. 5079-5087
  • Abu-Tarbousch, H.M., Al-Kahtani, H.A., El-Sarrage, M.S., Floral-type identification and quality evaluation of some honey types (1993) Food Chem, 46, pp. 13-17
  • Salinas, F., Montero, D., Espinosa, V., Osorio, E., Lozano, M., Determination of mineral elements in honey from different floral origins by flow injection analysis coupled to atomic spectroscopy (1994) Revisto Española de Ciencia y Tecnología de Alimentos, 34, pp. 441-449
  • Perez-Arquillue, C., Conchello, P., Arino, A., Juan, T., Herresa, A., Quality evaluation of Spanish rosemary (Rosomarinus officinalis) honey (1994) Food Chem, 51, pp. 207-210
  • Conti, M.E., Botrè, F., Honeybees and their products as potential bioindicators of heavy metals contamination (2001) Environ Mon Ass, 69, pp. 267-282
  • Sanz, S., Pérez, C., Herrera, A., Sanz, M., Juan, T., Application approach to the classification of honey by geographic origin (1995) J Sci Food Agrie, 69, pp. 135-140
  • Paramas, A.M.G., Barez, J.A.G., Garcia-Villanova, R.J., Pala, T.R., Albajar, R.A., Sanchez, J.S., Geographical discrimination of honeys by using mineral composition and common chemical quality parameters (2000) J Agr Food Chem, 80, pp. 157-165
  • Bogdanov, S., Ruoff, K., Persano Oddo, L., Physico-chemical methods for the characterisation of unifloral honeys: A review (2004) Apidologie, 35, pp. S4-S17
  • Accorti, M., Persano, L., Piazza, M.G., Sabatini, A.G., Schede di caratterizzazione delle principali qualità di mieli Italiani (1989) Apicoltura, 2, pp. 5-35
  • Krauze, A., Zalewski, R.L., Classification of honeys by principal component analysis on the basis of chemical and physical parameters (1991) Z Lebensm Unters Forsch, 192, pp. 19-23
  • Foldházi, G., Amtmann, M., Fodor, P., Ittzés, A., The physico-chemical properties and composition of honeys of different botanical origin (1996) Acta Alimentaria, 25, pp. 237-256
  • Lopez, B., Latorre, M.J., Fernandez, M.I., Garcia, M.A., Garcia, S., Herrero, C., Chemometric classification of honeys according to their type based on quality control data (1996) Food Chem, 55, pp. 281-287
  • Mateo, R., Bosch-Reig, F., Classification of Spanish unifloral honeys by discriminant analysis of electrical conductivity, color, water content, sugars, and pH (1998) J Agr Food Chem, 46, pp. 393-400
  • Sánchez, M.D., Huidobro, J.F., Mato, I., Muniategui, S., Sancho, M.T., Correlation between proline content of honeys and botanical origin (2001) Dtsch Lebensm Rundsch, 97, pp. 171-175
  • Corbella, E., Cozzolino, D., Classification of the floral origin of Uruguayan honeys by chemical and physical characteristics combined with chemometrics (2006) Food Sci Technol, 39, pp. 534-539
  • Conti, M.E., Lazio region (central Italy) honeys: Determination of mineral content and typical quality parameters (2000) Food Contr, 11, pp. 459-463
  • Terrab, A., Recamales, A.F., Hernanz, D., Heredia, F.J., Characterisation of Spanish thyme honeys by their physicochemical characteristics and mineral contents (2004) Food Chem, 88, pp. 537-542
  • Conti, M.E., Saccares, S., Cubadda, F., Cavallina, R., Tenoglio, C.A., Ciprotti, L., Il miele nel lazio: Indagine sul contenuto in metalli in tracce e radionuclidi (1998) Riv Sci Alim, 2, pp. 107-119
  • Downey, G., Hussey, K., Daniel Kelly, J., Walshe, T.F., Martin, P.G., Preliminary contribution to the characterisation of artisanal honey produced on the island of Ireland by palynological and physico-chemical data (2005) Food Chem, 91, pp. 347-354
  • White, J.W., (1978) Honey. Advances in food research, 24, pp. 287-374. , Edited by: Chichester CO, Mrak EM, Stewart GF. Academic Press; New York, USA;
  • Rodriguez-Otero, J.L., Paseiro, P., Simal, J., Cepeda, A., Mineral content of the honeys produced in Galicia (North-west Spain) (1994) Food Chem, 49, pp. 169-171
  • Terrab, A., González, A.G., Díez, M.J., Heredia, F.J., Mineral content and electrical conductivity of the honeys produced in Northwest Morocco and their contribution to the characterisation of unifloral honeys (2003) J Sci Food Agric, 83, pp. 637-643
  • Fernández-Torres, R., Pérez-Bernal, J.L., Bello-López, M., Callejón-Mochón, M., Jiménez-Sánchez, J.C., Guiraúm-Pérez, A., Mineral content and botanical origin of Spanish honeys (2005) Talanta, 65, pp. 686-691
  • Golob, T., Doberšek, U., Kump, P., Nečemer, M., Determination of trace and minor elements in Slovenian honey by total reflection X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy (2005) Food Chem, 91, pp. 593-600
  • Erbilir, F., Erdoǧrul, O., Determination of heavy metals in honey in Kahramanmaraş city, Turkey (2005) Environ Mon Ass, 109, pp. 181-187
  • Terrab, A., Díez, M.J., Heredia, F., Characterisation of Moroccan unifloral honeys by their physicochemical characteristics (2002) Food Chem, 79, pp. 373-379
  • Huberty, C.J., (1994) Applied discriminant analysis, , New York John Wiley & Sons, Inc;
  • Johnson, R.A., Wichern, D.W., (2002) Applied Multivariate Statistical Analysis, , Prentice-Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ;
  • Lachenbruch, P.A., Mickey, M.R., Estimation of error rates in discriminant analysis (1968) Technometries, 10, pp. 1-11
  • (1990) Official methods of analysis, , Association of Official Analytical Chemists AOAC, 15th edition. Arlington: Association of Official Analytical Chemists, Inc;
  • Fabbris, L., (1997) Statistica Multivariata, , Milano: McGraw-Hill;
  • Klecka, W.R., Discriminant (1980) Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences Series, 19. , analysis, Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications;
  • McLachlan, G.J., Discriminant analysis and statistical pattern recognition (2004) Wiley series in Probability and Statistics-Interscience, , Wiley;

Citas:

---------- APA ----------
Conti, M.E., Stripeikis, J., Campanella, L., Cucina, D. & Tudino, M.B. (2007) . Characterization of Italian honeys (Marche Region) on the basis of their mineral content and some typical quality parameters. Chemistry Central Journal, 1(1).
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-153X-1-14
---------- CHICAGO ----------
Conti, M.E., Stripeikis, J., Campanella, L., Cucina, D., Tudino, M.B. "Characterization of Italian honeys (Marche Region) on the basis of their mineral content and some typical quality parameters" . Chemistry Central Journal 1, no. 1 (2007).
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-153X-1-14
---------- MLA ----------
Conti, M.E., Stripeikis, J., Campanella, L., Cucina, D., Tudino, M.B. "Characterization of Italian honeys (Marche Region) on the basis of their mineral content and some typical quality parameters" . Chemistry Central Journal, vol. 1, no. 1, 2007.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-153X-1-14
---------- VANCOUVER ----------
Conti, M.E., Stripeikis, J., Campanella, L., Cucina, D., Tudino, M.B. Characterization of Italian honeys (Marche Region) on the basis of their mineral content and some typical quality parameters. Chem. Cent. J. 2007;1(1).
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-153X-1-14