Rivera-Mondragón Andrés, Marrone Maravi, Bruner-Montero Gaspar, Gaitán Katerin, de Núñez Leticia, Otero-Palacio Rolando, Añino Yostin, Wcislo William T, Martínez-Luis Sergio, Fernández-Marín Hermógenes
Centro de Investigaciones Farmacognósticas de la Flora Panameña (CIFLORPAN), Departamento de Química Medicinal y Farmacognosia, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Panamá, Panama City P.O. Box 3366, Panama.
Instituto Especializado de Análisis (IEA), Universidad de Panamá, Panama City P.O. Box 3366, Panama.
Foods. 2023 Oct 3;12(19):3656. doi: 10.3390/foods12193656.
The parameters for assessing the quality of honey produced by are standardized worldwide. The physicochemical properties of honey might vary extensively due to factors such as the geographical area where it was produced and the season in which it was harvested. Little information is available on variations in honey quality among different harvest periods in tropical areas, and particularly in neotropical dry forests. This study describes variations in seventeen physicochemical parameters and the pollen diversity of honey harvested from beehives during the dry season in February, March, and April 2021, in the dry arc of Panama. Potassium is the most abundant mineral in honey samples, and its concentration increases during the harvest period from February to April. A PCA analysis showed significant differences among the samples collected during different harvest periods. The pollen diversity also differs among honey samples from February compared with March and April. The results indicate that climatic conditions may play an important role in the quality of honey produced in the dry arc of Panama. Furthermore, these results might be useful for establishing quality-control parameters of bee honey produced in Panama in support of beekeeping activities in seasonal wet-dry areas of the tropics.
全球范围内，用于评估所产蜂蜜质量的参数是标准化的。蜂蜜的物理化学性质可能会因多种因素而有很大差异，比如其产地的地理区域以及收获季节。关于热带地区，特别是新热带干燥森林不同收获期蜂蜜质量变化的信息很少。本研究描述了2021年2月、3月和4月旱季期间，在巴拿马干旱地带从蜂箱采集的蜂蜜中17种物理化学参数的变化以及花粉多样性。钾是蜂蜜样本中含量最丰富的矿物质，其浓度在2月至4月的收获期内有所增加。主成分分析表明，不同收获期采集的样本之间存在显著差异。与3月和4月相比，2月蜂蜜样本中的花粉多样性也有所不同。结果表明，气候条件可能对巴拿马干旱地带所产蜂蜜的质量起着重要作用。此外，这些结果可能有助于建立巴拿马所产蜂蜜的质量控制参数，以支持热带季节性干湿地区的养蜂活动。
