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Greek Honey Authentication: Botanical Approach

by
Marinos Xagoraris
1,
Panagiota-Kyriaki Revelou
1,2,
Eleftherios Alissandrakis
3,4,
Petros A. Tarantilis
1 and
Christos S. Pappas
1,*
1
Laboratory of Chemistry, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Agricultural University of Athens, 75 Iera Odos, 11855 Athens, Attica, Greece
2
Department of Food Science and Technology, University of West Attica, Ag. Spyridonos str, Egaleo, 12243 Athens, Attica, Greece
3
Laboratory of Quality and Safety of Agricultural Products, Landscape and Environment, Department of Agriculture, Hellenic Mediterranean University, Stavromenos PC, 71410 Heraklion, Crete, Greece
4
Institute of Agri-Food and Life Sciences Agro-Health, Hellenic Mediterranean University Research Center, Stavromenos PC, 71410 Heraklion, Crete, Greece
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Encyclopedia 2021, 1(4), 1322-1333; https://doi.org/10.3390/encyclopedia1040099
Submission received: 8 November 2021 / Revised: 8 December 2021 / Accepted: 17 December 2021 / Published: 20 December 2021
(This article belongs to the Section Biology & Life Sciences)
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Honey is a functional, honeybee product with a useful role in human nutrition and several health benefits. Greece is a Mediterranean region with several types of monofloral honey. Today, Greek honey has acquired an important position in national and international markets. Due to this increased industrialization and globalization, quality control is a necessity. Mislabeling constitutes one of the most notable types of fraudulence, while most consumers are looking for authentic honey. Moreover, producers and suppliers are searching for rapid and analytical methodologies to secure Greek honey in a competitive environment. In this context, we aimed to describe the classical (melissopalynological, physicochemical) and analytical (chromatographic, spectrometric, and spectroscopic) methods for the standardization of the botanical origin of Greek honey.
Keywords: Greek honey; authentication; melissopalynology; physicochemical; chromatography; spectroscopy Greek honey; authentication; melissopalynology; physicochemical; chromatography; spectroscopy

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Xagoraris, M.; Revelou, P.-K.; Alissandrakis, E.; Tarantilis, P.A.; Pappas, C.S. Greek Honey Authentication: Botanical Approach. Encyclopedia 2021, 1, 1322-1333. https://doi.org/10.3390/encyclopedia1040099

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Xagoraris M, Revelou P-K, Alissandrakis E, Tarantilis PA, Pappas CS. Greek Honey Authentication: Botanical Approach. Encyclopedia. 2021; 1(4):1322-1333. https://doi.org/10.3390/encyclopedia1040099

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Xagoraris, Marinos, Panagiota-Kyriaki Revelou, Eleftherios Alissandrakis, Petros A. Tarantilis, and Christos S. Pappas. 2021. "Greek Honey Authentication: Botanical Approach" Encyclopedia 1, no. 4: 1322-1333. https://doi.org/10.3390/encyclopedia1040099

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Xagoraris, M., Revelou, P.-K., Alissandrakis, E., Tarantilis, P. A., & Pappas, C. S. (2021). Greek Honey Authentication: Botanical Approach. Encyclopedia, 1(4), 1322-1333. https://doi.org/10.3390/encyclopedia1040099

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