Physicochemical profiles of honey harvested from four major species of stingless bee (Kelulut) in North East Peninsular of Malaysia
Stingless bee honey is one of the high demand honey in Malaysia. However, honey characters particularly from different species is lacking in order to increase its commercial value. Thus, physicochemical profile analysis of honey harvested from four major species of stingless bee in Kelantan, Malay...
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| author | Syafizal Omar, Francis Kanyan Enchang, Mohd Ulul Ilmie Ahmad Nazri, Mohd Mansor Ismail, Wan Iryani Wan Ismail, |
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| description | Stingless bee honey is one of the high demand honey in Malaysia. However, honey characters particularly from different
species is lacking in order to increase its commercial value. Thus, physicochemical profile analysis of honey harvested from
four major species of stingless bee in Kelantan, Malaysia, Geniotrigona thoracica, Heterotrigina itama, Lepidotrigona terminata
and Tetragonula laeviceps was conducted to investigate the honey character. Character of the stingless bee honey harvested
from various species from the same geographic area was compared. The results were then compared to stingless bee honey
from other countries. Most of physicochemical data of stingless bee honey from different species collected from Kelantan
showed almost similar values. However, value of pH, free acidity and total acidity displayed significant different results.
This indicates species of stingless bee may affect the results. In order to compare local stingless bee honey with international
stingless bee honey, the data was represented as mean regardless of their species. From the results, moisture content was
consistently high in stingless bee honey harvested from Malaysia, Thailand, Brazil and Venezuela while, other data showed
different values. The results demonstrated that species of stingless bee particularly from other countries is crucial in order to
characterize the honey. However, Malaysian stingless bee honey has unique character based on physicochemical data. The
data can be used as a marketing strategy in increasing commercial value of local stingless bee honey. |
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| spelling | my-ukm.journal.127852019-04-16T08:48:43Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12785/ Physicochemical profiles of honey harvested from four major species of stingless bee (Kelulut) in North East Peninsular of Malaysia Syafizal Omar, Francis Kanyan Enchang, Mohd Ulul Ilmie Ahmad Nazri, Mohd Mansor Ismail, Wan Iryani Wan Ismail, Stingless bee honey is one of the high demand honey in Malaysia. However, honey characters particularly from different species is lacking in order to increase its commercial value. Thus, physicochemical profile analysis of honey harvested from four major species of stingless bee in Kelantan, Malaysia, Geniotrigona thoracica, Heterotrigina itama, Lepidotrigona terminata and Tetragonula laeviceps was conducted to investigate the honey character. Character of the stingless bee honey harvested from various species from the same geographic area was compared. The results were then compared to stingless bee honey from other countries. Most of physicochemical data of stingless bee honey from different species collected from Kelantan showed almost similar values. However, value of pH, free acidity and total acidity displayed significant different results. This indicates species of stingless bee may affect the results. In order to compare local stingless bee honey with international stingless bee honey, the data was represented as mean regardless of their species. From the results, moisture content was consistently high in stingless bee honey harvested from Malaysia, Thailand, Brazil and Venezuela while, other data showed different values. The results demonstrated that species of stingless bee particularly from other countries is crucial in order to characterize the honey. However, Malaysian stingless bee honey has unique character based on physicochemical data. The data can be used as a marketing strategy in increasing commercial value of local stingless bee honey. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2019-03 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12785/1/48_01_16.pdf Syafizal Omar, and Francis Kanyan Enchang, and Mohd Ulul Ilmie Ahmad Nazri, and Mohd Mansor Ismail, and Wan Iryani Wan Ismail, (2019) Physicochemical profiles of honey harvested from four major species of stingless bee (Kelulut) in North East Peninsular of Malaysia. Malaysian Applied Biology, 48 (1). pp. 111-116. ISSN 0126-8643 http://mabjournal.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=897&catid=59:current-view&Itemid=56 |
| spellingShingle | Syafizal Omar, Francis Kanyan Enchang, Mohd Ulul Ilmie Ahmad Nazri, Mohd Mansor Ismail, Wan Iryani Wan Ismail, Physicochemical profiles of honey harvested from four major species of stingless bee (Kelulut) in North East Peninsular of Malaysia |
| title | Physicochemical profiles of honey harvested from four major species of stingless bee (Kelulut) in North East Peninsular of Malaysia |
| title_full | Physicochemical profiles of honey harvested from four major species of stingless bee (Kelulut) in North East Peninsular of Malaysia |
| title_fullStr | Physicochemical profiles of honey harvested from four major species of stingless bee (Kelulut) in North East Peninsular of Malaysia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Physicochemical profiles of honey harvested from four major species of stingless bee (Kelulut) in North East Peninsular of Malaysia |
| title_short | Physicochemical profiles of honey harvested from four major species of stingless bee (Kelulut) in North East Peninsular of Malaysia |
| title_sort | physicochemical profiles of honey harvested from four major species of stingless bee (kelulut) in north east peninsular of malaysia |
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