Hydroxy Fatty Acids as Novel Markers for Authenticity Identification of the Honey Entomological Origin Based on the GC-MS Method

The authenticity of honey is generally a worldwide concern, and there is a pressing need to establish a suitable entomological method to identify the authenticity of Apis cerana cerana (A. cerana) and Apis mellifera ligustica (A. mellifera) honey. Hydroxy fatty acids as bee-derived components are known to widely exist in honey and other biosamples. Herein, we present an identification strategy for hydroxy fatty acids based on the relative quantification with reference to royal jelly and targeted quantification combined with multivariate statistical analysis to identify the honey entomological origin. Multivariate statistical analysis was used to further determine differential hydroxy fatty acids between A. cerana honey and A. mellifera honey. Results showed that 8-hydroxyoctanoic acid (96.20-253.34 versus 0-32.46 mg kg-1) and 3,10-dihydroxydecanoic acid (1.96-6.56 versus 0-0.35 mg kg-1) could be used as markers for accurate identification of the honey entomological origin, while the three fraud honey samples were recognized using this method. This study provides the novel marker hydroxy fatty acids to identify A. cerana honey and A. mellifera honey from the perspective of bee-derived component differences.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:71

Enthalten in:

Journal of agricultural and food chemistry - 71(2023), 18 vom: 10. Mai, Seite 7163-7173

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Liu, Xiaotong [VerfasserIn]
Sun, Jing [VerfasserIn]
Ji, Peirong [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Chenchen [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Fanhua [VerfasserIn]
Cheng, Ni [VerfasserIn]
El-Seedi, Hesham R [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Haoan [VerfasserIn]
Cao, Wei [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Authenticity
Entomological origin
Fatty Acids
GC−MS
Honey
Hydroxy fatty acids
Journal Article

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Date Completed 11.05.2023

Date Revised 11.05.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1021/acs.jafc.3c00835

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM356006387