Honey,
a natural product produced by honey bees (Apis mellifera),
is used as a sweetener and food source for human. Composition of honey varies depending on bee
collects nectar type of plants and environmental conditions. In this study,
flower and chestnut honeys, collected from different cities (Trabzon, Rize,
Bayburt ve Artvin) of the Eastern Black
Sea Region, were investigated antioxidant activity.
For determination of antioxidant capacity, total
phenolic content, Copper
(II) Ion Reducing Antioxidant Capacity Assay (CUPRAC),
iron-reducing
antioxidant capacities (FRAP) and 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical
scavenging capacity tests were selected. The total phenolic content varied from 20.05 to 57.18 mg/g
extract as gallic acid equivalent. The antioxidant activities found with CUPRAC
ranged from 1.37 to 3.40 µM/g, DPPH· scavenging activity as SC50
ranged from 22.36 to 115.53 mg/mL, FRAP value as FeSO4 equivalent were
varied from 1.25 to 49.32 µM/g exract. Chestnuts honey was
found to have higher antioxidant activity than flower honey all analyzes.
Birincil Dil | İngilizce |
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Konular | Gıda Mühendisliği |
Bölüm | Araştırma Makaleleri |
Yazarlar | |
Yayımlanma Tarihi | 1 Nisan 2018 |
Yayımlandığı Sayı | Yıl 2018 Cilt: 1 Sayı: 1 |