Open AccessChemiluminescent analysis as perspective instrument for the honey quality assessment
Author(s) -
M I Lesovskaya,
А С Игошин
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
iop conference series. earth and environmental science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.179
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1755-1307
pISSN - 1755-1315
DOI - 10.1088/1755-1315/548/4/042003
Subject(s) - chemiluminescence , antioxidant , food science , qualitative analysis , chemistry , quality (philosophy) , toxicology , chromatography , biology , biochemistry , physics , quantum mechanics , qualitative research , social science , sociology
Natural honey is one of higtly needed end expensive nutrients, so it is rather often faked. The main problem is the deficite of quantitative methods for detecting falsifications. The results of the traditional polyparametric and innovative monoparametric ways for honey quailty analysis were compared. Antioxidant activity as a measurable indicator of biological value has been considered. The results obtained in the course of a traditional chemical analysis of honey are in good agreement with the results of chemiluminescent analysis of the same samples. It was showed, that the farm honey samples contain a lot of reducing compounds and acid equivalents and had balanced antioxidant activity. Under their influence the light sum decreased no more than 50-60%. The retail honey samples had an abnormally high antioxidant or prooxidant activity. On the average retail samples contained abnormally high amount of reduced substances (ascorbat acid, protein, acid equivalents). It can be assumed that these substances were artificially add to honey, and the product was a fake. Using chemiluminescence analysis one can do express selection of samples whose quality is doubtful. This kind of control may be in-cluded in the list of modern methods for detecting fraud in the express control of honey quality.