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KMID : 1134819960250040672
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Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
1996 Volume.25 No. 4 p.672 ~ p.679
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Comparison of Quality Attributes of Korean Native - Bee Honey and Foreign - Bee Honey by K / Na Ratio
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Kim Eun-Sun
Rhee Chong-Ouk
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Abstract
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In order to examine the quality attributes of native-bee honey, proximate composition and mineral components were analysed by atomic absorption spectrometry, ion chromatography and high perfonnance liquid chromatography. The analytical results showed that native-bee honey is higher in the contents of crude ash, crude protein and diastase activity than those of foreign-bee honey. The principal mineral components of honey were Ca, Mg, Na, K and CI, which showed that almost all the mineral components were contained higher in the native-bee honey than the foreign-bee honey samples. When we calculated K/Na ratio, we could make a clear distinction between native-bee honey and foreign-bee honey. The K/Na ratio turned out to be more than 10 in 6 samples of native-bee honey, whereas the ratio of foreign-bee honey showed up less than 1.5 in all 3 samples.
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KEYWORD
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native-bee honey, foreign-bee honey, mineral components, K/Ua ratio
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