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The Color of Honey

A sweetener that bee-devils food spoilage

Antioxidant-rich honey may find a new use as a preservative in fruits, meats, and even skin-care products.

 

References:

Chen, L., A. Mehta, M. Berenbaum, and N. Engeseth. 1998. The potential use of honey as an inhibitor of enzymatic browning. Institute of Food Technologists Annual Meeting Book of Abstracts. Abstract 20B-29:40.

Frankel, S., G.E. Robinson, and M.R. Berenbaum. 1998. Antioxidant capacity and correlated characteristics of 14 unifloral honeys. Journal of Apicultural Research 37:27.

Mathew, S., P. Dawson, and I. Han. 1998. Antioxidative maillard reaction products formed using honey in a turkey meat model system. Institute of Food Technologists Annual Meeting Book of Abstracts. Abstract 46C-9:108.

McKibben, J., J. Guo, and N. Engeseth. 1998. Honey as a protective agent against lipid oxidation in muscle foods. Institute of Food Technologists Annual Meeting Book of Abstracts. Abstract 46C-8:108.

 

Further Readings:

Raloff, J. 1998. Russian queens bee-little mites' impact. Science News 154(Aug. 8):84.

______. 1988. One honey of an alternative to sulfites. Science News 134(Oct. 1):218.

______. 1985. Oxidized lipids: A key to heart disease? Science News 127(May 4):278.

______. 1985. Cottonseed flour retards rancidity. Science News 127(Feb. 9):88.

Sources:

May R. Berenbaum
University of Illinois
Department of Entomology
320 Morrill Hall
Urbana-Champaign, IL 61801

David Chin
Laboratoires Serobiologiques
161 Chambers Brook Road
Somerville NJ 08876

Paul Dawson
Clemson University
Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition
224 Poole Agricultural Center
Clemson, SC 29634-3397

Nicki J. Engeseth
University of Illinois
Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition
259 E.R. Madigan Laboratory
1201 West Gregory Drive
Urbana-Champaign, IL 61801

Steven M. Frankel
University of Illinois
Department of Plant Biology
Urbana-Champaign, IL 61801

National Honey Board
390 Lashley Street
Longmont, CO 80501-6045

Gene E. Robinson
University of Illinois
Bee Research Facility
Urbana-Champaign, IL 61801

David Ropa
Thomas J. Payne Market Development
910 North Lakeshore Drive, #2517
Chicago, IL 60611

From Science News, Vol. 154, No. 11, September 12, 1998, p. 170. Copyright © 1998 by Science Service.

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