Open AccessVolatile Fraction Composition of Acacia (Robinia Pseudoacacia) Honey from Romania, Spain and Check Republic
Author(s) -
Melinda Kádár,
Marisol JuanBorrás,
Magdalenka Hellebrandova,
Eva Doménech,
Isabel Escriche
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
bulletin of university of agricultural sciences and veterinary medicine cluj-napoca. agriculture
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1843-5386
pISSN - 1843-5246
DOI - 10.15835/buasvmcn-agr:5081
Subject(s) - robinia , acacia , fraction (chemistry) , terpene , raw material , chemistry , gas chromatography–mass spectrometry , composition (language) , food science , botany , biology , mass spectrometry , chromatography , organic chemistry , linguistics , philosophy
The aim of this work was to evaluate the volatile fraction profile of acacia raw honey from different countries: Romanian, Spain, and Czech Republic. A melissopalynological analysis was conducted on all the batches in order to verify them as belonging to this type of honey.
A number of 35 volatile compounds, more specifically: 2 acids, 10 alcohols, 7 aldehydes, 3 ketonas, 2 esters, 5 hydrocarbons, 4 terpenes, 1 furanes and 1 sulfur compound were identified by Purge and Trap-Thermal Desorption-GC/MS. The overall volatile profile of this honey allowed its classification by geographical origin. The promising results proved its usefulness for the differentiation of honey according to their origin. However further research on a higher number of samples is required in order to confirm this expectation.