Quality parameters of Bulgarian’s kinds of bee honey
Received: 11 October 2013
Received in revised form: 16 December 2013
Accepted: 08 January 2014
Available Online First: 13 January 2014
Published on: 15 March 2014
Correspondence: Dinko Hristov Dinkov, dinkodinkov@yahoo.com
Abstract
More than 3600 varieties of higher plants are found in Bulgaria, which is a good predisposition for the production of different types of bee honey. In the country 11 natural and 3 national parks were registered, where many different kinds of plants can be found, some of them unique in the world. Up till now, more than 11 types of bee honey have been harvested and investigated. The aim of this work was, based on the data from available literature to provide a summary of the scientific information related to the main types of bee honey in Bulgaria from 2000 to the present. In the study, we present quality parameters from organically produced and commercially processed bee honeys: pollen analysis, proline content, invertase activity, specific optical rotation, electrical conductivity, antioxidant and antibacterial activities.
Keywords: types of honey, quality, Bulgaria
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The authors declared that they have no potential conflict of interest with respect to the authorship and/or publication of this article.
Citation Information
Macedonian Veterinary Review. Volume 37, Issue 1, Pages 35-41, p-ISSN 1409-7621, e-ISSN 1857-7415, DOI: 10.14432/j.macvetrev.2014.01.007, 2014
10.14432/j.macvetrev.2014.01.007
