Bioactive Vitamin Profile Evaluation in Multifloral Apis Honey

Abstract

Honey offers distinct nutritional and health advantages as well as organoleptic characteristics. Customers strongly value it not only as food but also as a medicinal and cosmetic element. Honey is mostly consisting of carbohydrates, which contribute to 95?97% of the dry weight. Honey also includes significant elements such as proteins, organic acids, vitamins, and amino acids. Because honey composition varies depending on local flora, it may be characterized by source or kind. The commercial value of monofloral honey may be greater than that of multifloral honey. The mix of volatile substances present in low amounts gives honey its distinctive aroma. In this investigation, thirty-five multifloral honeys from Coorg were selected for vitamin profiling using the high-performance liquid chromatography method. Seven vitamins of Apis honey, namely riboflavin (B2), thiamine (B1), pyridoxine (B6), cobalamin (B12), pantothenic acid (B5), riboflavin (B2), ascorbic acid (C), and niacin (B3), were analyzed. Seven vitamins of Apis honey, namely riboflavin (B2), thiamine (B1), pantothenic acid (B5), niacin (B3), pyridoxine (B6), cobalamin (B12), and ascorbic acid (C), were analyzed. The total quantity of the analytes in the samples showed the highest concentration of Vitamin B6 and Vitamin C with 23.87 and 24.98 mg/100 g for Apis florea honey, respectively. Vitamin B1 ranged from 5.23 to 7.45, B2 from 8.25 to 10.42, B3 from 9.96 to 12.33, and B5 from 6.41 to 8.56 mg/100 g of Apis honey samples. However, Vitamin B12 showed an insignificant concentration of 0.001 g/100 g of Apis honey. . KEYWORDS :Apis honey, Honey quality, Mutilfloral honey, Vitamin profile