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Mannitol: A novel chemical marker in stingless bee honey

Food Chemistry
Stingless bee honey (SBH) has garnered attention as a natural sweetener and functional food, recognized for its exceptional biological activity and distinctive flavour. Compared to honey bee honey, SBH has lower annual production but commands a higher market value, making it more susceptible to adulteration. During an analysis of trehalulose in SBH, we
Yandong, Xu, Xing, Zheng, Benyan, Tang, Xiaorong, Yang, Patricia, Vit, Milena, Popova, Vassya, Bankova, Liming, Wu, Kai, Wang   +8 more
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The Enzymatic Role in Honey from Honey Bees and Stingless Bees

Current Organic Chemistry, 2023
Abstract: A variety of biomolecules known as enzymes are found in honey and originated from bees and plant nectars. The plant yields nectar that aids bees in producing honey. Diastases, invertases, glucosidases, glucose oxidases and proteases are the common enzymes present in honey and highly sensitive toward UV-vis light, heat, and microwave energy ...
Saba Farooq, Zainab Ngaini
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Stingless bee honey: An overview of health benefits and main market challenges

Journal of Food Biochemistry, 2021
This review aimed to evaluate the nutraceutical and medicinal effects of stingless bee honey (SBH) by bringing a discussion focused on the main known in vitro/in vivo health-promoting effects. SBH has a high-water content, slight sweetness, acidic flavor, fluid texture, and slow crystallization.
Tatiana Colombo Pimentel, Michele Rosset, Janaina Maria Batista Sousa, Louise Iara Gomes Oliveira, Isis Meireles Mafaldo, Maria Manuela Estevez Pintado, Evandro Leite Souza, Marciane Magnani   +7 more
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Stingless Bees and Honey Bees of West Sumatra, Indonesia

2022
This chapter summarizes the works on Sumatran bees from three research periods: between 1980-1987 on several locations in West Sumatra, 1990 at Kerinci Seblat National Park, and between 2019-2020 at some beekeepers in West Sumatra. In total, there were 27 stingless bee species, one stingless bee forma (Tetragonula minangkabau forma darek), and three ...
Siti Salmah, Henny Herwina, Jasmi Jasmi, Idrus Abbas, Dahelmi Dahelmi, Muhammad N. Janra, Buti Yohenda Christy   +6 more
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IMMUNOMODULATORY EFFECTS OF HONEY FROM STINGLESS BEES AND HONEY BEES ON BREAST CANCER CELLS

Mastology, 2022
Objective: The limitations of current cancer treatments and their side effects have led to a growing interest in the study of natural compounds and alternative therapies such as apitherapy. Honey has in its constitution several substances that contribute to neutralize free radicals, such as phenolic compounds of which stand out in flavonoids and ...
Marla Alcolea, Renata Moraes Brito, Mahmi Fujimori, Adenilda Cristina Honorio-França, Eduardo Luzia França, Paula Becker Pertuzatti   +5 more
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Flavonoids in Stingless-Bee and Honey-Bee Honeys

2012
Both stingless-bee honey and Apis mellifera honey contain flavonoids that originate from nectar, pollen, and plant resins collected by bees. Such flavonoids indicate the botanical and geographical origins of honey and have associated health benefits.
Francisco A. Tomás-Barberán, Pilar Truchado, Federico Ferreres   +2 more
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Addressing the unfulfilled codex standard for honey for stingless bee honey through lyophilization

Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies, 2022
Some studies have found that the nutritional values of stingless bee honey (SBH) may be similar if not more than normal honey, prompting the Malaysian government to promote it as a superfood. However, SBH does not fulfil the Codex Standard for Honey (CODEX STAN 12-19811) in terms of moisture content and the lack of protein to be analysed with Internal ...
Chin-Hong Yong, Syahidah Akmal Muhammad, Widad Fadhullah, Hasnuri Mat Hassan, Ainolsyakira Mohd Rodhi, Mohd Zulkifli Mustafa, Simon D. Kelly   +6 more
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Microbiological Diversity and Properties of Stingless Bee Honey

2022
The study was to compare and evaluate the performance of stingless bee honey (Heterotrigona itama spp.) with ordinary honey in terms of proximate composition as a comparison. Both honeys have shown diverse application and importance either traditionally and scientifically.
Amir Izzwan Zamri, Nor Hazwani Mohd Hasali, Muhammad Hariz Mohd Hasali, Tuan Zainazor Tuan Chilek, Fisal Ahmad, Mohd Khairi Mohamed Zainol   +5 more
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Production of Lip Balm From Stingless Bee Honey

The Maldives National Journal of Research, 2018
India Cosmetics is used daily by majority of the people worldwide. Nowadays, consumer demand for natural based product cosmetics as they are safe to use and environmentally friendly. Lip balm is a cosmetic or lip care product whose purpose is to prevent dry and chapped lips.
null ATIYAH ATHIRAH BINTI YUSOF, null AZILAH B. AJIT, null AHMAD Z. SULAIMAN, null AISHATH NAILA   +3 more
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On the view of stingless bees’ non-honey foods

Journal of Apicultural Research, 2022
There has been a growing interest in non-honey products of stingless bees due to their high medicinal and therapeutic properties. Therefore, meliponiculture opens the opportunity for propolis, bee bread, and bee pollen to enter the commercial market as their therapeutic values are comparable to the honey itself. Among others, propolis and bee bread are
Fadina Amran, Muhammad Abbas Ahmad Zaini
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