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Flavonoids of “La Alcarria” honey A study of their botanical origin

Flavonoide des “La-Alcarria”-Honigs Eine Studie ihres botanischen Ursprungs

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Die Flavonoide in Proben in Alcarria-Honig mit unterschiedlicher Pollenzusammensetzung wurden untersucht, um Kortrelationen zwischen dem botanischen Ursprung und den möglichen Flavonoiden zu finden. In den verschiedenen Proben wurde ein Flavonoid-Muster gefunden, wobei der Pollen nicht die Hauptquelle der Honigflavonoide ist. Es wurde jedoch eine enge Korrelation zwischen den Flavonoid-Mustern des Honigs und des Bienenkittharzes gefunden, was für die geographische Herkunft wichtiger ist als die botanische.

Summary

The flavonoids present in ten selected samples of “La Alcarria” honey with different pollen compositions have been HPLC analysed in order to establish if correlations between botanical origin and flavonoid profiles are possible. A common flavonoid pattern is observed in the different samples showing that pollen is not the main source of honey flavonoids. A close correlation between the flavonoid patterns of honey flavonoids and propolis flavonoids has been found suggesting that flavonoid analysis could be more useful in geographical origin determinations than in botanical origin studies.

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  1. Laboratorio de Fitoquimica, CEBAS (CSIC), P.O. Box 4195, E-30080, Murcia, Spain

    Federico Ferreres, Christina Garcia-Viguera, Francisco A. Tomás-Barberán & Francisco Tomás-Lorente

  2. Centro Regional Apicola de Castilla-La Mancha, Marchamalo, E-Guadalajara, Spain

    Alberto Ortiz & Carmen Silva

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Ferreres, F., Ortiz, A., Silva, C. et al. Flavonoids of “La Alcarria” honey A study of their botanical origin. Z Lebensm Unters Forch 194, 139–143 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01190185

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