{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["10(1)"],"submitter":["Fletcher MT"],"funding":["Universiti Putra Malaysia"],"pubmed_abstract":["Stingless bee (Meliponini) honey has long been considered a high-value functional food, but the perceived therapeutic value has lacked attribution to specific bioactive components. Examination of honey from five different stingless bee species across Neotropical and Indo-Australian regions has enabled for the first time the identification of the unusual disaccharide trehalulose as a major component representing between 13 and 44 g per 100 g of each of these honeys. Trehalulose is an isomer of sucrose with an unusual α-(1 → 1) glucose-fructose glycosidic linkage and known acariogenic and low glycemic index properties. NMR and UPLC-MS/MS analysis unambiguously confirmed the identity of trehalulose isolated from stingless bee honeys sourced across three continents, from Tetragonula carbonaria"],"journal":["Scientific reports"],"pagination":["12128"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC7376065"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Stingless bee honey, a novel source of trehalulose: a biologically active disaccharide with health benefits."],"pmcid":["PMC7376065"],"pubmed_authors":["Blanchfield JT","Fletcher MT","Webber D","Zawawi N","Zhang J","Stone ISJ","Carpinelli de Jesus M","Hungerford NL"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Stingless bee honey, a novel source of trehalulose: a biologically active disaccharide with health benefits.","description":"Stingless bee (Meliponini) honey has long been considered a high-value functional food, but the perceived therapeutic value has lacked attribution to specific bioactive components. Examination of honey from five different stingless bee species across Neotropical and Indo-Australian regions has enabled for the first time the identification of the unusual disaccharide trehalulose as a major component representing between 13 and 44 g per 100 g of each of these honeys. Trehalulose is an isomer of sucrose with an unusual α-(1 → 1) glucose-fructose glycosidic linkage and known acariogenic and low glycemic index properties. NMR and UPLC-MS/MS analysis unambiguously confirmed the identity of trehalulose isolated from stingless bee honeys sourced across three continents, from Tetragonula carbonaria","dates":{"release":"2020-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2020 Jul","modification":"2025-04-05T12:42:12.446Z","creation":"2025-04-05T12:42:12.446Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC7376065","cross_references":{"pubmed":["32699353"],"doi":["10.1038/s41598-020-68940-0"]}}