Progress in Analytical Methods for the Characterization, Quality and Safety of the Beehive Products

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
• Subjects: acid phosphatase; amylase; Analytical chemistry; antioxidant activity; aroma composition; ascorbic acid; asphodel; attenuated total reflectance; bee pollen; bee products; beehive product; beehive products; bees; biomonitoring; bitter taste; botanical origin; Chemistry; cluster analysis; cold vapor atomic fluorescence spectrometry; cyclic voltammetry; dehydroascorbic acid; essential and non-essential nutrients; eucalyptus; filtered honey; fluorescence spectrometry; Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy; furanic acids; furanic aldehydes; geographical origin; heavy metals; HILIC; HMF; homogentisic acid; honey; honey composition; honey discrimination; HPLC–Q-Exactive-Orbitrap®–MS analysis; ICP-MS; ICP-OES; inorganic contaminants; LC-ESI/LTQ-Orbitrap-MS; MALDI-TOF-MS; Mathematics and Science; multielemental analysis; multiple linear regression analysis; native PAGE; neuropharmacological activities; nucleosides; PCA; phenolic glycerides; PLS; poplar; principal component analysis; propolis; protein; proteins; proteomics; ProteoMinerTM; QDA profile; quality standards; Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects; Research and information: general; royal jelly; RP-HPLC; sample preparation; spectroanalytical technique; spectrum–effect relationships; square wave voltammetry; strawberry tree; strawberry tree honey; sugar content; thistle; total ascorbic acids; toxic element; toxic elements; toxic metal; trace element; trace elements; unedone; uridine
• ISBN: 3036541349; 9783036541334; 3036541330; 9783036541341
• DOI: 10.3390/books978-3-0365-4133-4

This reprint presents some recent results from applying original analytical methods to the most renowned hive matrices. Particular consideration was given to methods devoted to the attribution of the origin of honey and propolis, but also studies dealing with the chemical characterization of honey and other hive matrices are here reported. Attention has also been paid to the use of optimized methods of elemental analysis in several hive products for quality and safety purposes, but also for environmental biomonitoring. The treatment of the data was often achieved through multivariate analysis methods, which made it possible to obtain reliable classifications of honeys and propolis according to their botanic or geographical origin.