Does gamma irradiation affect physicochemical properties of honey?

Hussein SZ 1 , Yusoff KM 2 , Makpol S 1 , Mohd Yusof YA 2

Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine; University Kebangsaan Malaysia, Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz, 50300 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 2 Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Arts and Science; Canik Basari University, Samsun, Turkey
Clin Ter, 2014;165(2):e125-33.
PMID: 24770820 DOI: 10.7471/CT.2014.1695

Abstract

Honey is a supersaturated solution of sugars, enriched with proteins, minerals, vitamins, organic acids and polyphenols. Gamma irradiation is a physical technique of food preservation which protects the honey from insects' and microbial contamination during storage. We investigated the effect of gamma irradiation on physicochemical properties in two types of Malaysian honey, Gelam and Nenas.

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