Determination of quality compounds in Some of Iraqi honey types

Authors

  • Mohammed A. Salman Plant protection Department, College of Agriculture, Basrah University, Iraq
  • Aum-El-Bashar H. AL-Mossawi Food Science Department, College of Agriculture, Basrah University, Iraq
  • Dhia F. Al-fekaiki Plant protection Department, College of Agriculture, Basrah University, Iraq

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.59658/jkas.v6i1.618

Keywords:

Honey, proline, diastase, hydroxymethylfurfal and vitamin C,.

Abstract

   This study was conducted on different types of honey brought  Collected From Basrah, Maysan, Najaf, Karbala, Babylon, Wasit, Baghdad, Diyala, Kirkuk and Sulaymaniyah Included : The quality-related compounds  of  honeys samples were Determinate within the permissible limits Including consisit of proline, diastase, hydroxylmethyl furfural (HMF); and vitamin C.  honey content of proline the highest value was 687.34 mg kg-1 in Karbala region and the lowest value in Najaf region 295.34 mg kg-1, And diastase  number the highest was 14.36 unit In Basrah region and the lowest diastase number in Babylon region 8.67 unit ,The hydroxymethyl furfal was the highest value in Babylon region 41.54 mg kg-1 while the lowest value in Basrah and Baghdad honey 12.35 Mg kg-1 each, the highest value of vitamin C 350.23 mg kg-1 in Najaf region and the lowest value in Maysan region 190.54 mg kg-1

Author Biographies

Mohammed A. Salman, Plant protection Department, College of Agriculture, Basrah University, Iraq

Lecturer

Aum-El-Bashar H. AL-Mossawi, Food Science Department, College of Agriculture, Basrah University, Iraq

Professor

Dhia F. Al-fekaiki, Plant protection Department, College of Agriculture, Basrah University, Iraq

Assistant Professor

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Published

03/01/2019

How to Cite

Salman, M. A., AL-Mossawi, A.-E.-B. H., & Al-fekaiki, D. F. (2019). Determination of quality compounds in Some of Iraqi honey types. Journal of Kerbala for Agricultural Sciences, 6(1), 49–55. https://doi.org/10.59658/jkas.v6i1.618