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Physicochemical and viscoelastic properties of honey from medicinal plants

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Title
Physicochemical and viscoelastic properties of honey from medicinal plants
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Food Chemistry, August 2017
DOI 10.1016/j.foodchem.2017.08.070
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Huong Thi Lan Nguyen, Naksit Panyoyai, Vilia Darma Paramita, Nitin Mantri, Stefan Kasapis

Abstract

The present work investigated the physicochemical and structural properties of Tulsi, Alfalfa and two varieties of Manuka honey derived from medicinal plants. Chemical analysis yielded data on the content of reducing sugars (glucose and fructose) that dominate the honey matrix, and of the minor constituents of protein, phenols and flavonoids. Standard chemical assays were used to develop a database of water content, electrical conductivity, pH, ash content, visual appearance and colour intensity. Physicochemical characteristics were related to structural behaviour of the four honey types, as recorded by small-deformation dynamic oscillation in shear, micro- and modulated differential scanning calorimetry, wide angle X-ray diffraction and infrared spectroscopy. The preponderance of hydrogen bonds in intermolecular associations amongst monosaccharides in honey yields a semi-amorphous or semi-crystalline system. That allowed prediction of the calorimetric and mechanical glass transition temperatures that demarcate the passage from liquid-like to solid-like consistency at subzero temperatures.

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Unknown 91 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 18 20%
Student > Master 14 15%
Researcher 6 7%
Student > Ph. D. Student 5 5%
Student > Doctoral Student 4 4%
Other 13 14%
Unknown 31 34%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 17 19%
Chemistry 8 9%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 7 8%
Chemical Engineering 4 4%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 3 3%
Other 13 14%
Unknown 39 43%