{"id":693,"date":"2025-02-20T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projekti.imi.hr\/biomoltox\/?p=693"},"modified":"2025-03-25T11:30:22","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T11:30:22","slug":"characterization-and-differentiation-of-beech-and-chestnut-honeydew-honeys-a-comparative-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projekti.imi.hr\/biomoltox\/en\/2025\/02\/20\/characterization-and-differentiation-of-beech-and-chestnut-honeydew-honeys-a-comparative-study\/","title":{"rendered":"Characterization and differentiation of beech and chestnut honeydew honeys: A comparative study"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Authors:<\/strong>\u00a0Ana Barbari\u0107, Lara Safti\u0107 Martinovi\u0107, Danijel D. Milin\u010di\u0107, Mirjana B. Pe\u0161i\u0107, Zvonimir Marijanovi\u0107, Mateo Jakac, Irena Br\u010di\u0107 Kara\u010donji, Helena Brekalo, Danijela Petrovi\u0107, Tomislav Pavle\u0161i\u0107, Dijana Mi\u0161eti\u0107 Ostoji\u0107, Ivana Gobin<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Abstract<\/strong><br>This study compares beech (<em>Fagus sylvatica<\/em>) and chestnut (<em>Castanea sativa<\/em>) honeydew honeys through analyses of physicochemical properties, pollen composition, phenolic and volatile compounds, and bioactivity. Beech honey exhibited higher antioxidant activity (up to 1.81\u00a0mmol TE\/kg) compared to chestnut honey (0.79\u00a0mmol TE\/kg), though both had similar total phenolic and flavonoid content. A total of 37 phenolic compounds, including propolis-derived flavonoids, were detected, with taxifolin and phenylamides as potential markers of botanical origin. Volatile profiles distinguished the types, with beech honey rich in 2-furanmethanol and nonanal, while chestnut honey had unique benzaldehyde and furfural notes. Both honeys demonstrated strong antimicrobial activity, with inhibition zones up to 20\u00a0mm and effective MICs (0.025\u20130.2\u00a0g\/mL). Although not currently classified by botanical origin in EU regulations, the study highlights distinctive polyphenol and volatile profiles, as well as bioactive properties, between beech and chestnut honeydew honeys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The article is available at the following\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0308814625006971\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0308814625006971\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">link<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Authors:\u00a0Ana Barbari\u0107, Lara Safti\u0107 Martinovi\u0107, Danijel D. Milin\u010di\u0107, Mirjana B. Pe\u0161i\u0107, Zvonimir Marijanovi\u0107, Mateo Jakac, Irena Br\u010di\u0107 Kara\u010donji, Helena Brekalo, Danijela Petrovi\u0107, Tomislav Pavle\u0161i\u0107, Dijana Mi\u0161eti\u0107 Ostoji\u0107, Ivana Gobin AbstractThis study compares beech (Fagus sylvatica) and chestnut (Castanea sativa) honeydew honeys through analyses of physicochemical properties, pollen composition, phenolic and volatile compounds, and bioactivity. Beech &hellip;<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/projekti.imi.hr\/biomoltox\/en\/2025\/02\/20\/characterization-and-differentiation-of-beech-and-chestnut-honeydew-honeys-a-comparative-study\/\" class=\"more-link pen_button pen_element_default pen_icon_arrow_double\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Characterization and differentiation of beech and chestnut honeydew honeys: A comparative study<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pub-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/projekti.imi.hr\/biomoltox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/projekti.imi.hr\/biomoltox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/projekti.imi.hr\/biomoltox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projekti.imi.hr\/biomoltox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projekti.imi.hr\/biomoltox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=693"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/projekti.imi.hr\/biomoltox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":694,"href":"https:\/\/projekti.imi.hr\/biomoltox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693\/revisions\/694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/projekti.imi.hr\/biomoltox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projekti.imi.hr\/biomoltox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projekti.imi.hr\/biomoltox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}