Determination of the Geographical Origin of Maltese Honey Using ¹H NMR Fingerprinting.

ABSTRACT: The price of honey, as a highly consumed natural product, depends on its botanical source and its production environment, causing honey to be vulnerable to adulteration through mislabeling and inappropriate, fraudulent production. In this study, a fast and simple approach is proposed to tackle this issue through non-target one dimensional zg30 and noesypr1d ¹H NMR fingerprint analysis, in combination with multivariate data analysis. Results suggest that composition differences in sugars, amino acids, and carboxylic acid were sufficient to discriminate between the tested honey of Maltese origin and that of non-local origin. Indeed, all chemometric models based on noesypr1d analysis of the whole fraction honey showed better prediction in geographical discrimination. The possibilit

SUBMITTER: Spiteri C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7601949 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature