Analysis of Biochemical Composition of Honey and its Anti-Oxidant, Phytochemical and Anti-Bacterial Properties
Journal Title: Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Research - Year 2015, Vol 4, Issue 4
Abstract
Honey mainly consists of sugars and water. Apart from sugars, honey also contains several vitamins especially B complex and vitamin C, together with a lot of minerals such as calcium, copper, iron, magnesium, manganese, phosphorus, potassium and zinc are also present. Honey has been used for its healing, nutritional and therapeutic properties since ancient times. Its antibacterial potentials even against multi-drug resistant bacteria, such as Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus cereus, Bacillus subtillis, Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus albus and Shigella sonnei has been proved. The nutritional composition, minerals, antibacterial, and antioxidant properties of honey will be reviewed here. There is no available information on Biochemical and antioxidant properties on Bangladeshi honey, so we investigate honey for better understanding biochemical properties of honey. Honey samples were collected from the Sundarbon, Khulna, Bangladesh. The levels of PH, Moisture, Ash, Vitamins, minerals, and ascorbic acid, ascorbic acid equivalent antioxidant content (AEAC), sugar, protein, anti- microbial activity and antioxidants were determined in the honey samples using ferric reducing antioxidant power (FRAP), ABTS radical scavenging Activity and 1, 1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) assays. The total phenolic and flavonoid were determined by Folin-Ciocalteu and colorimetric assay method. The results of this study indicate that the samples compare favorably with samples in many parts of the world and also fall within the limits of international standards. This review covers the composition, physico-chemical properties and the most important uses of natural honey in human diseases.
Authors and Affiliations
M Asaduzzaman| Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi-6205, Bangladesh., M Sohanur Rahman| Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi-6205, Bangladesh., Sirajam Munira| Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi-6205, Bangladesh., M Muedur Rahman| Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi-6205, Bangladesh., Minarul Islam| Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi-6205, Bangladesh., Mahadi Hasan| Dept. of Biophysical Chemistry, Kyoto Pharmaceutical University, 5 Nakauchi-cho, Misasagi, Yamashina-Ku, Kyoto 607-8414, Japan., M Abdul Hai Siddique| Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan., Shahangir Biswas| Department of systems Neurophysiology, Graduate school of medical and dental science, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan., Masudul Hasan Khan| Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi-6205, Bangladesh., Mohammad Amirul Islam| Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi-6205, Bangladesh., Matiar Rahman*| Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi-6205, Bangladesh.
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