Year: 2016
Pages: 154-160
Number: Volume 8, issue 2
Type: scientific article
Traditional quality control of honey includes an analysis of its organoleptic properties, the diastase index, the amount of sucrose and hydroxymethylfurfural. In recent years, the spread gets definition of botanical origin of honey by analyzing the pollen contained in it, as well as DNA analysis. This paper describes a method of establishing a botanical origin of honey by means of polymerase chain reaction for the most honey productive plants of central Russia - linden, buckwheat, sunflower, angelica, meadowsweet and clover. It was demonstrated the possibility of PCR to determine the botanical origin on nine samples of honey (six monofloral, three multifloral). PCR analysis of samples of buckwheat honey did not confirm its identity of breed, which shows the practical significance of the proposed method.
honey, melliferous herb, linden, buckwheat, sunflower, DNA, PCR