FOOD SCIENCE ›› 2011, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (21): 278-282.doi: 10.7506/spkx1002-6630-201121056

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Research Progress of Phenolic Compounds and Antioxidant Activity from Bee Honey

MU Xue-feng1,2,XU Xiang1,SUN Li-ping1,*,PANG Jie2,SHEN Xin-feng1,2,HUANG Lan1,2,HE Wei1,2   

  1. (1. Bee Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100093, China; 2. College of Food Science, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China)
  • Online:2011-11-15 Published:2011-11-11

Abstract: Phenolic compounds including phenolic acids, flavonoids and derivatives are biologically active components of bee honey, which have strong antioxidant activity and scavenging capacity against superoxide anion, peroxide nitrite, lipid peroxidation, DPPH, ABTS+ and hydroxyl free radicals. In this paper, recent research progresses on the extraction, detection, major composition and antioxidant activity of phenolic compounds from bee honey is systematically reviewed, which will provide evidence for the development and application of phenolic compounds from bee honey.

Key words: bee honey, phenolic compounds, antioxidant activity

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