Abstract
The potential of right-angle fluorescence spectroscopy and selected chemical parameters for discrimination of botanical origin of Croatian honey types (n = 55) previously classified by physicochemical and melissopalynological analyses was evaluated. Systematic step-by-step fluorescence analysis included the measurement of complete excitation-emission matrix (EEM) in the range of excitation wavelengths from 260 to 400 nm, and emission wavelengths from 300 to 600 nm, followed by fluorescence intensity measurement at detected peaks of different excitation/emission wavelengths, and emission spectra recordings at selected specific excitation wavelengths of honey solutions in 50 mmol L−1 phosphate buffer pH 7.0 and methanol. A total of five different sets of emission spectral data for buffer and two for methanolic honey solutions were considered for chemometric analysis of original and normalized emission spectra including principal component analysis and linear discriminant analysis. Additionally, chemical analysis of buffer and methanolic honey solutions included determination of protein, total polyphenol and reactive amino group content. Results showed that right-angle fluorescence spectroscopy of honey solutions has great potential for honey botanical origin discrimination, either by visual comparison of excitation-emission spectra landscapes, or even better, by normalized emission fluorescence spectra recordings at 260 and 280 nm of excitation. Moreover, increased honey discrimination was achieved in conjunction with chemometrics of fluorescence spectras. In addition, two rapid markers/indicators of honey authentication were found. Chestnut honey could be clearly discriminated from the other honey types by simple measurement of fluorescence intensity at 390/470 nm, while sage honeys by measurement of reactive amino group content.
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The original version of this article unfortunately contained an incorrect version of author’s names and surnames (underlined). The correct names and surnames are: “Ivica Strelec”, “Lidija Brodar”, “Ivana Flanjak”, “Frane Čačić Kenjerić”, “Tihomir Kovač”, “Daniela Čačić Kenjerić”, “Ljiljana Primorac”.
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Strelec, I., Brodar, L., Flanjak, I. et al. Characterization of Croatian Honeys by Right-Angle Fluorescence Spectroscopy and Chemometrics. Food Anal. Methods 11, 824–838 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12161-017-1059-z
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