Cover Image

Adulterated honey consumption can induce obesity, increase blood glucose level and demonstrate toxicity effects

The effects of adulterated honey consumption towards human health is not widely known; mainly due to lack of systematic and scientific studies and low public awareness. In this study, short-term and long-term effects of consumption on two brands of commercially honey are available in Malaysian mar...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Suhana Samat,, Francis Kanyan Enchang,, Abdullah Abd Razak,, Fuzina Nor Hussein,, Wan Iryani Wan Ismail,
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2018
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12015/1/UKM%20SAINSMalaysiana%2047%2802%29Feb%202018%2018.pdf
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12015/
http://www.ukm.my/jsm/english_journals/vol47num2_2018/contentsVol47num2_2018.html
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
id my-ukm.journal.12015
record_format eprints
spelling my-ukm.journal.120152018-08-21T07:19:45Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12015/ Adulterated honey consumption can induce obesity, increase blood glucose level and demonstrate toxicity effects Suhana Samat, Francis Kanyan Enchang, Abdullah Abd Razak, Fuzina Nor Hussein, Wan Iryani Wan Ismail, The effects of adulterated honey consumption towards human health is not widely known; mainly due to lack of systematic and scientific studies and low public awareness. In this study, short-term and long-term effects of consumption on two brands of commercially honey are available in Malaysian market was investigated and compared to normal control (NC) rats and rats fed with natural pineapple honey (PH) using male Sprague dawley rats. Adulteration of honey used in the study was measured using physicochemical and antioxidant analyses and identified as adulterated honey A (FHA) and B (FHB). No toxicity effect was found for short-term consumption (14 days with one honey consumption). However, visible effects were observed after 16 weeks of study. Both FHA and FHB showed a significant increase (p>0.05) in cholesterol (48.6 ± 4.8 mmol/L, 46.5 ± 3.6 mmol/L), triglycerides (26 ± 1.2 mmol/L, 24.4 ± 1.8 mmol/L) and glucose (28.4 ± 2.5 mmol/L, 25 ± 2.6 mmol/L) level respectively. In contrast, rats from NC and PH groups have lower cholesterol (26.5 ± 4.4 mmol/L, 18.94 ± 3.6 mmol/L), triglycerides (17.5 ± 1.2 mmol/L, 13.5 ± 1.5 mmol/L) and glucose (6.4 ± 1.4 mmol/L, 8.0 ± 1.5 mmol/L) level, respectively. The most critical finding was in total five rats from both fake honey groups showed early mortality. This intensive study indicates long-term adulterated honey may harm to human health and required prompt actions from various authorities locally and internationally to avoid other consequences in the future. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2018-02 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12015/1/UKM%20SAINSMalaysiana%2047%2802%29Feb%202018%2018.pdf Suhana Samat, and Francis Kanyan Enchang, and Abdullah Abd Razak, and Fuzina Nor Hussein, and Wan Iryani Wan Ismail, (2018) Adulterated honey consumption can induce obesity, increase blood glucose level and demonstrate toxicity effects. Sains Malaysiana, 47 (2). pp. 353-365. ISSN 0126-6039 http://www.ukm.my/jsm/english_journals/vol47num2_2018/contentsVol47num2_2018.html
institution Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
building Perpustakaan Tun Sri Lanang Library
collection Institutional Repository
continent Asia
country Malaysia
content_provider Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
content_source UKM Journal Article Repository
url_provider http://journalarticle.ukm.my/
language English
description The effects of adulterated honey consumption towards human health is not widely known; mainly due to lack of systematic and scientific studies and low public awareness. In this study, short-term and long-term effects of consumption on two brands of commercially honey are available in Malaysian market was investigated and compared to normal control (NC) rats and rats fed with natural pineapple honey (PH) using male Sprague dawley rats. Adulteration of honey used in the study was measured using physicochemical and antioxidant analyses and identified as adulterated honey A (FHA) and B (FHB). No toxicity effect was found for short-term consumption (14 days with one honey consumption). However, visible effects were observed after 16 weeks of study. Both FHA and FHB showed a significant increase (p>0.05) in cholesterol (48.6 ± 4.8 mmol/L, 46.5 ± 3.6 mmol/L), triglycerides (26 ± 1.2 mmol/L, 24.4 ± 1.8 mmol/L) and glucose (28.4 ± 2.5 mmol/L, 25 ± 2.6 mmol/L) level respectively. In contrast, rats from NC and PH groups have lower cholesterol (26.5 ± 4.4 mmol/L, 18.94 ± 3.6 mmol/L), triglycerides (17.5 ± 1.2 mmol/L, 13.5 ± 1.5 mmol/L) and glucose (6.4 ± 1.4 mmol/L, 8.0 ± 1.5 mmol/L) level, respectively. The most critical finding was in total five rats from both fake honey groups showed early mortality. This intensive study indicates long-term adulterated honey may harm to human health and required prompt actions from various authorities locally and internationally to avoid other consequences in the future.
format Article
author Suhana Samat,
Francis Kanyan Enchang,
Abdullah Abd Razak,
Fuzina Nor Hussein,
Wan Iryani Wan Ismail,
spellingShingle Suhana Samat,
Francis Kanyan Enchang,
Abdullah Abd Razak,
Fuzina Nor Hussein,
Wan Iryani Wan Ismail,
Adulterated honey consumption can induce obesity, increase blood glucose level and demonstrate toxicity effects
author_facet Suhana Samat,
Francis Kanyan Enchang,
Abdullah Abd Razak,
Fuzina Nor Hussein,
Wan Iryani Wan Ismail,
author_sort Suhana Samat,
title Adulterated honey consumption can induce obesity, increase blood glucose level and demonstrate toxicity effects
title_short Adulterated honey consumption can induce obesity, increase blood glucose level and demonstrate toxicity effects
title_full Adulterated honey consumption can induce obesity, increase blood glucose level and demonstrate toxicity effects
title_fullStr Adulterated honey consumption can induce obesity, increase blood glucose level and demonstrate toxicity effects
title_full_unstemmed Adulterated honey consumption can induce obesity, increase blood glucose level and demonstrate toxicity effects
title_sort adulterated honey consumption can induce obesity, increase blood glucose level and demonstrate toxicity effects
publisher Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate 2018
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12015/1/UKM%20SAINSMalaysiana%2047%2802%29Feb%202018%2018.pdf
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12015/
http://www.ukm.my/jsm/english_journals/vol47num2_2018/contentsVol47num2_2018.html
_version_ 1643738668738805760
score 13.211869

Similar Items