FOOD SCIENCE ›› 2013, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (6): 148-151.doi: 10.7506/spkx1002-6630-201306032

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Establishment of Determination Method for Flavonoids in Honey and Distribution of Flavonoids in 5 Kinds of Characteristic Honey from Yunan

LIANG Cheng1,LU Huan-xian1,LIU Hong-cheng2,ZHANG Xue-wen1,ZHAO Hong-mu1,ZONG De-qin1,WANG Yan-hui1,*   

  1. 1. Institute of Sericulture and Apiculture, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Mengzi 661101, China;2. Laboratory of Quality and Safety Risk Assess for Agro-Product, Ministry of Agriculture (Kunming), Kunming 650223, China
  • Received:2012-09-25 Revised:2013-01-31 Online:2013-03-25 Published:2013-03-01

Abstract: A method for the determination of flavonoids in honey by SPE/HPLC was developed. The sample was extracted with acidified water (pH 2) and centrifuged, then enriched and cleaned-up by oasis HLB. The chromatographic separation was conducted on a VP-ODS (150 mm × 4.6 mm, 5 μm) column at the detection wavelength of 270 nm. The elution was completed by the mobile phase composed of methanol and water (pH 3) at the ratio of 60:40 (V/V) at the flow rate of 0.7 mL/min. The detection limits were 0.05 mg/kg for rutin and myricetin, and 0.04 mg/kg for quercetin and kaempferol, respectively. The recovery rates of rutin, myricetin, quercetin and kaempferol were 91%–92%, 82%–85%, 84%–86% and 86%–89%, respectively. Five kinds of characteristic honey from Yunnan were detected to reveal a significant difference in flavonoids. Therefore, flavonoids may be as the markers for the identification of honey.

Key words: flavonoids, characteristic honey, high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)

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