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Apidologie
Volume 22, Number 5, 1991
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| Page(s) | 487 - 494 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/apido:19910501 | |
Apidologie 22 (1991) 487-494
DOI: 10.1051/apido:19910501
Facultad de Farmacia, Departamento de Ouímica Analítica, Nutrición y Bromatología, Area de Nutrición y Bromatología, 15706 Santiago de Compostela, La Coruña, Spain
Key words: honey / electrical conductivity / ash content / Spain
DOI: 10.1051/apido:19910501
Relationships between electrical conductivity and total and sulphated ash contents in Basque honeys
M.T. Sancho, S. Muniategui, M.P. Sánchez, J.F. Huidobro and J. SimalFacultad de Farmacia, Departamento de Ouímica Analítica, Nutrición y Bromatología, Area de Nutrición y Bromatología, 15706 Santiago de Compostela, La Coruña, Spain
Abstract - In 30 honeys of the Basque country (N spain), linear relationships have been found between electrical conductivity, measured at 20 °C in solutions containing 10 g of honey dissolved in 75 ml of water, and total and sulphated ash contents: total ash (%) = 0.083 electrical conductivity -0.092 (r = 0.964, P value = 96.3%); sulphated ash (%) = 0.121 electrical conductivity -0.097 (r = 0.981, P value = 99.4%). The straightforwardness of electrical conductivity measurements in honey might make these relationships a useful means of calculating ash content.
Key words: honey / electrical conductivity / ash content / Spain