Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Second international Congress on Biological and Health Sciences, Baku, Azerbaycan, 24 - 27 Şubat 2022, cilt.1, sa.1, ss.158-164
Honey is a natural bee product that is produced by collecting the nectar (flower honey) in the flowers of plants or the sweet secretions (secretory honey) produced by some insects by making use of the living parts of the plants, collected by honey bees, modified and stored in the honeycomb cells. Sunflower honey is a flower honey produced mostly in Marmara and Thrace regions in Turkey. Since this honey crystallizes very easily, it is not preferred among the people. In this study, the bioactive components and antioxidant properties of sunflower honey were investigated. Moisture, pH, conductivity, color, optical rotation values and proline were determined as physicochemical properties. Total polyphenol, total flavonoid and total antioxidant values were calculated. Total phenolic content of the honey was found 21.35 ±1,30 mg GAE/100 g, and total antioxidant capacity was 2030 μmol Fe2SO4.7H2O/g. The phenolic profile was performed with 19 phenolic standard HPLC-UV and determined sunflower honey was rich in myricetin and chrysin. It was determined that sunflower honey also contains p-OH benzoic acid, catechin, syringic acid, caffeic acid, protocatecquic acid, catechin, p-coumaric acid, ferulic acid, resveratrol, luteolin, t-cinnamic acid, pinosembrin and daidzein phenolic acid and different flavonoids in varying amounts. It was determined that sunflower honey, which is a light-colored flower honey, has rich content in terms of bioactive components.