Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10544498 | Food Chemistry | 2005 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
Some minor components (carboxylic acids and cyclitols), eluting before monosaccharides, were also determined. One of these compounds was quercitol (1,3,4/2,5-cyclohexane-pentol), a deoxyinositol which has been previously determined in Quercus sp. samples. Quercitol was present in a broad concentration range (0.01-1.50 g/100 g) in honeys whose major source was honeydew but it was never higher than 0.01 g/100 g in samples characterized as nectar honeys. Quercitol concentrations appear to be related to the presence and amount of Quercus sp. honeydew as honey source, although further research is required to confirm this.
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Authors
M.L. Sanz, M. Gonzalez, C. de Lorenzo, J. Sanz, I. MartıÌnez-Castro,