Sugar profile and enzymatic analysis of stingless bees honey collected from local market in Malaysia

Commercial honey is widely available in the market, raising questions whether the honeys are good in quality or otherwise, Thus, this research was designed to compare the quality of harvested stingless bee honey and commercial honey available in the Malaysian market by measuring their sugar profile...

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Main Authors: W. N., Julika, A., Ajit, N., Ismail, N., Aqilah, A., Naila, A. Z., Sulaiman
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author W. N., Julika
A., Ajit
N., Ismail
N., Aqilah
A., Naila
A. Z., Sulaiman
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N., Aqilah
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description Commercial honey is widely available in the market, raising questions whether the honeys are good in quality or otherwise, Thus, this research was designed to compare the quality of harvested stingless bee honey and commercial honey available in the Malaysian market by measuring their sugar profile and enzyme activity. The analysis showed that the honey contained moisture between 16.6% - 32.1%, various sugar starting with fructose (15.03 – 48.44 g /100 g), glucose (12.16 – 40.09 g/100 g), sucrose (<0.01 – 7.29 g/100 g), Fructose + Glucose (F+G) (15.03- 80.25 g/100 g), Fructose/Glucose (F/G) (0.78 – 1.63), and G/W (0.47 – 1.89). Also, diastase activity and Invertase activity of the honey varied from 1.82 to 6.11 DN and 0.27 IN to 4.94 IN, respectively. This research is expected to contribute and generate information to the extension of quality parameter of stingless bee honey that may help to protect consumer from purchasing adulterated honey. Though the sugar profile standards are already established in Malaysian stingless bee standard, the data obtained in this research are significant due to diversity of stingless bee species in Malaysia.
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spelling ump-246072022-06-10T02:50:28Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/24607/ Sugar profile and enzymatic analysis of stingless bees honey collected from local market in Malaysia W. N., Julika A., Ajit N., Ismail N., Aqilah A., Naila A. Z., Sulaiman TP Chemical technology Commercial honey is widely available in the market, raising questions whether the honeys are good in quality or otherwise, Thus, this research was designed to compare the quality of harvested stingless bee honey and commercial honey available in the Malaysian market by measuring their sugar profile and enzyme activity. The analysis showed that the honey contained moisture between 16.6% - 32.1%, various sugar starting with fructose (15.03 – 48.44 g /100 g), glucose (12.16 – 40.09 g/100 g), sucrose (<0.01 – 7.29 g/100 g), Fructose + Glucose (F+G) (15.03- 80.25 g/100 g), Fructose/Glucose (F/G) (0.78 – 1.63), and G/W (0.47 – 1.89). Also, diastase activity and Invertase activity of the honey varied from 1.82 to 6.11 DN and 0.27 IN to 4.94 IN, respectively. This research is expected to contribute and generate information to the extension of quality parameter of stingless bee honey that may help to protect consumer from purchasing adulterated honey. Though the sugar profile standards are already established in Malaysian stingless bee standard, the data obtained in this research are significant due to diversity of stingless bee species in Malaysia. IOP Publishing 2020-01 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed pdf en cc_by http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/24607/13/Sugar%20profile%20and%20enzymatic%20analysis%20of%20stingless.pdf W. N., Julika and A., Ajit and N., Ismail and N., Aqilah and A., Naila and A. Z., Sulaiman (2020) Sugar profile and enzymatic analysis of stingless bees honey collected from local market in Malaysia. In: IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, Energy Security and Chemical Engineering Congress , 17-19 July 2019 , Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. pp. 1-13., 736 (062001). (Published) https://doi.org/10.1088/1757-899X/736/6/062001
spellingShingle TP Chemical technology
W. N., Julika
A., Ajit
N., Ismail
N., Aqilah
A., Naila
A. Z., Sulaiman
Sugar profile and enzymatic analysis of stingless bees honey collected from local market in Malaysia
title Sugar profile and enzymatic analysis of stingless bees honey collected from local market in Malaysia
title_full Sugar profile and enzymatic analysis of stingless bees honey collected from local market in Malaysia
title_fullStr Sugar profile and enzymatic analysis of stingless bees honey collected from local market in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Sugar profile and enzymatic analysis of stingless bees honey collected from local market in Malaysia
title_short Sugar profile and enzymatic analysis of stingless bees honey collected from local market in Malaysia
title_sort sugar profile and enzymatic analysis of stingless bees honey collected from local market in malaysia
topic TP Chemical technology
url http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/24607/
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http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/24607/13/Sugar%20profile%20and%20enzymatic%20analysis%20of%20stingless.pdf