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Apidologie
Volume 21, Number 1, 1990
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| Page(s) | 17 - 24 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/apido:19900103 | |
Apidologie 21 (1990) 17-24
DOI: 10.1051/apido:19900103
a Istituto Sperimentale per la Zoologia Agraria, Sezione di Apicoltura, Via Leonida Rech 36, 00156 Roma, Italy
b Istituto di Industrie Agrarie, Università degli Studi - Via S Michele degli Scalzi 4, 56100 Pisa, Italy
Key words: honey / enzyme activity / amylase / absorbance
DOI: 10.1051/apido:19900103
Diastatic activity in some unifloral honeys
L. Persano Oddoa, E. Baldib and M. Accortiaa Istituto Sperimentale per la Zoologia Agraria, Sezione di Apicoltura, Via Leonida Rech 36, 00156 Roma, Italy
b Istituto di Industrie Agrarie, Università degli Studi - Via S Michele degli Scalzi 4, 56100 Pisa, Italy
Abstract - Determinations of diastatic activity in 12 groups of unifloral honey were made to study variability according to the botanical origin of the honey. Robinia, Citrus, Erica, Taraxacum and Arbutus honeys were found to have a very low enzyme content. On the contrary Hedysarum, Castanea, Honeydew, Eucalyptus and Thymus honeys showed high diastase activity. The relationship between the absorbance at 5 min and the diastatic index was quantified.
Key words: honey / enzyme activity / amylase / absorbance