Al-Farsi Mohamed, Al-Amri Abeer, Al-Hadhrami Ahlam, Al-Belushi Sharifa
Food & Water Laboratories Center, Ministry of Regional Municipalities & Water Resources, P O Box 323, P C 100, Muscat, Oman.
Heliyon. 2018 Oct 21;4(10):e00874. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2018.e00874. eCollection 2018 Oct.
Our objectives were to analyze and correlate the color, flavonoids, phenolics and antioxidants of 26 honey samples from 6 honey producing regions in the Sultanate of Oman. The Pfund method was used to measure color, aluminum chloride method for flavonoids determination, Folin-Ciocalteu method for phenolic measurement and DPPH assay to determine antioxidants. Sumer honey was the highest among other samples in terms of color, which ranged 129.8-336.2 mm pfund, flavonoids (1613-2890 mg/kg), phenolics (1624-2898 mg/kg) and antioxidants (7.8-48.6 mg/ml). There was a strong correlation between color, flavonoids and phenolics, where it's moderate between these parameters and antioxidants. The Omani honey was rich in color and phenolics compare to other honey and regarded as a good source of antioxidants to the human diet.
我们的目标是分析阿曼苏丹国6个蜂蜜产区的26个蜂蜜样本的颜色、黄酮类化合物、酚类物质和抗氧化剂，并将它们相互关联起来。采用普丰德法测量颜色，用氯化铝法测定黄酮类化合物，用福林-西奥尔特法测量酚类物质，并用DPPH法测定抗氧化剂。就颜色而言，夏季蜂蜜在其他样本中最高，普丰德值范围为129.8 - 336.2毫米，黄酮类化合物含量为（1613 - 2890毫克/千克），酚类物质含量为（1624 - 2898毫克/千克），抗氧化剂含量为（7.8 - 48.6毫克/毫升）。颜色、黄酮类化合物和酚类物质之间存在很强的相关性，而这些参数与抗氧化剂之间的相关性为中等。与其他蜂蜜相比，阿曼蜂蜜颜色深且富含酚类物质，被认为是人类饮食中抗氧化剂的良好来源。
