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Provedor de dados: | 65
País: | Brazil
Título: | Microbiological and physical-chemical characteristics of honeys from the bee Melipona fasciculata produced in two regions of Brazil
Autores: | Fernandes,Rachel Torquato; Rosa,Ivone Garros; Conti-Silva,Ana Carolina.
Data: | 2018-01-01
Ano: | 2018
Palavras-chave: | Melipona fasciculata; Honey; Munim; Pericumã; Brazil; Microbiological characteristics; Physical-chemical properties; Quality standard.
Resumo: | ABSTRACT: The honey from Tiúba bees (Melipona fasciculata) is commercially important in the Brazilian state of Maranhão. However, the absence of any specific legislation for this kind of honey is an obstacle to its increased production and commercialization. Determining the microbiological and physical-chemical characteristics of different Tiúba honey can inform the elaboration of specific legislation. Thus, honey samples from two Water Catchment Areas in Maranhão (Munim and Pericumã, sample size 20 for each) were collected and submitted for microbiological analysis (total coliforms, thermotolerant coliforms, molds and yeasts, Clostridium sulfite reducers and Salmonella sp.) and physical-chemical analysis (moisture content, reducing and non-reducing sugars, insoluble and soluble solids, ash content, acidity and pH). Most of honeys sampled were suitable for human consumption, except for one sample from Pericumã. Honeys from the two water catchment areas presented differences in some physicochemical characteristics, which can be attributed to the botanic, soil and climatic diversity of the two areas. Still, these Tiúba honey samples did not fall within the Brazilian legislation for Apis mellifera honey for some of the physical-chemical characteristics, and so is not properly regulated, thus reinforcing the need for specific legislation for this type of honey.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782018000500453
Editor: | Universidade Federal de Santa Maria
Relação: | 10.1590/0103-8478cr20180025
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Ciência Rural  v.48 n.5 2018
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess