Bozkuş Tuğba Nigar
Laboratory Technology Program Artvin Vocational School, Artvin Çoruh University Artvin Türkiye.
Food Sci Nutr. 2025 Jan 9;13(1):e4611. doi: 10.1002/fsn3.4611. eCollection 2025 Jan.
Honey is a natural product gathered by honeybees from the pollen and nectar of various plants and flowers. The homeland of the Caucasian honey bee, which draws attention with its honey production and is one of the most productive bee races known in the world, is Northeastern Anatolia in Türkiye. This study aims to determine and correlate the phenolic content and antioxidant activity of 54 honey samples obtained from the most important gene centers of the Caucasian bee in Türkiye. Total polyphenol and flavonoid contents and ferric reducing antioxidant power of aqueous honey extracts were in the range of 9.95-66.34 mg GA/100 g, 0.76-14.24 mg Q/100 g, 63.00-150.00 mg T/100 g, respectively. All analysis methods of Caucasian bee honey samples showed statistically significant differences according to location. The variation in phenolic content and antioxidant activities in Caucasian bee honey is attributed to the region's specific geographical location and vegetation. Furthermore, a robust and significant correlation was identified between the antioxidant activity of the honey samples and the total levels of polyphenols and flavonoids. Thanks to these features, Caucasian bee honey can be an important nutritional and commercial product.
蜂蜜是蜜蜂从各种植物和花朵的花粉及花蜜中采集的天然产物。高加索蜜蜂以其蜂蜜产量备受关注，是世界上已知的最高产蜂种之一，其发源地是土耳其的安纳托利亚东北部。本研究旨在测定和关联从土耳其高加索蜜蜂最重要的基因中心采集的54份蜂蜜样本的酚类含量和抗氧化活性。蜂蜜水提取物的总多酚、黄酮含量以及铁还原抗氧化能力分别在9.95 - 66.34毫克没食子酸/100克、0.76 - 14.24毫克芦丁/100克、63.00 - 150.00毫克 Trolox/100克范围内。高加索蜜蜂蜂蜜样本的所有分析方法根据产地均显示出统计学上的显著差异。高加索蜜蜂蜂蜜中酚类含量和抗氧化活性的变化归因于该地区特定的地理位置和植被。此外，蜂蜜样本的抗氧化活性与多酚和黄酮的总含量之间存在强烈且显著的相关性。由于这些特性，高加索蜜蜂蜂蜜可以成为一种重要的营养和商业产品。
