Stingless bee honey: Quality parameters, bioactive compounds, health-promotion properties and modification detection strategies

Ávila, Suélen; Beux, Márcia Regina; Ribani, Rosemary Hoffmann; Zambiazi, Rui Carlos

doi:10.1016/j.tifs.2018.09.002

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“…The lack of dominant bacterial genera in stingless bee honey may be related to its foraging nature. Stingless bee species do not collect food far from the bee hive, and therefore may only acquire a limited variation of microbe species from the close environment [36]. In addition, stingless bee species have a selective floral preferences and highly acidic honey content (76.3 meq/kg on average) which may contribute to the single dominant bacterial genus occurrence in this study [37].…”

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Stingless Bee Honey: Evaluating Its Antibacterial Activity and Bacterial Diversity

Rosli

Hazemi

Akbar

et al. 2020

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Stingless bee honey (SBH) is an astounding ‘miracle liquid’ with countless medicinal properties for various diseases such as gastroenteritis, cataracts, as well as for wound-healing. However, knowledge regarding it is still rather scarce. Henceforth, it is intriguing for us to contemplate on the less-studied stingless bee and its honey in particular. First and foremost, the antimicrobial ability of honey from eight different stingless bee species was tested to further proven its health benefit. Homotrigona fimbriata honey showed the highest antimicrobial activity with inhibition against five bacteria; Serratia marcescens, Escherichia coli, Bacillus subtilis, Alcaligenes faecalis and Staphylococcus aureus. The next aim of our study is to characterize their honey bacterial community via the use of 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing technology. A total of eight bacterial phyla, 71 families, 155 genera and 70 species were identified from our study and two of the stingless bee species honey were determined to have the highest bacterial diversity compared to other six stingless bee species, namely Heterotrigona erythrogastra and Tetrigona melanoleuca. Furthermost, Lactobacillus malefermentans was thought to be the native dominant bacteria of SBH due to its predominant presence throughout all studied species. The aforementioned SBH’s antimicrobial results and characterization study of its bacterial diversity are hoped to carve the pathway towards extending its probiotic ability into our everyday lives.

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Stingless Bee Honey: Evaluating Its Antibacterial Activity and Bacterial Diversity

Rosli

Hazemi

Akbar

et al. 2020

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“…The total phenolic compounds in honey samples were determined by the Foiln-Ciocalteu colorimetric method, according to Ávila et al [8]. The total phenolic content was performed in 96-well plate by added 80 μL of honey samples (1-0.062 μg/mL) to 100 μL of Foiln-Ciocalteu following by 80 μL of 14% sodium carbonate (Na2CO3) solution and incubated at room temperature in the dark for 2 h. A760 reading was performed by a NanoDrop™ UV-Vis Spectrophotometer (Thermo Fisher Scientific Honey pots Brood a b Inc., USA).…”

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“…The total flavonoids in honey samples were performed in 96-well plate according to Ávila et al [8] by added 20 μL of honey samples (1-0.062 μg/mL) to 180 μL of methanolic solution of 2% aluminum chloride hexahydrate (AlCl3.6H2O) then incubated at room temperature for 30 min in the dark. A415 reading was performed by a NanoDrop™ UV-Vis Spectrophotometer (Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., USA).…”

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“…The characteristics of honey pot shape and size vary between stingless bee species, but food storage pots are always much larger substantial than brood cells. The honey pot varies in flavor, color, and texture depending on botanical origin and microbial communities associated with the pot [8,9]. The honey pot of the T. laeviceps species complex is soft, sticky, and separated from the pollen pot but similar in shape and volume (about 27.7 ± 6.2 mm 3 ), as shown in fig.…”

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“…Studies also report that the stingless bee honey was containing phenolic compounds and flavonoids, which are widely valued [5,8,10]. Studies showed that the stingless bee honey had significant antioxidant and antimicrobial activities due to the presence of phenolic compounds as well as honey from honey bee [11].…”

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Physicochemical Profiles, Antioxidant and Antibacterial Capacity of Honey from Stingless Bee Tetragonula laeviceps Species Complex

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Stingless bee (Apidae, Meliponini) is a group of eusocial insects that widely distributed in the neotrophic regions of the globe. Similar to honeybees, stingless bees produce honey that is usually valued much higher, likely due to both its unique flavor and properties. In this study, honey samples produced by stingless bee Tetragonula laeviceps species complex were collected from different meliponary in Eastern Thailand (Rayong, Chantaburi, and Trat provinces). The honey samples were examined the physicochemical parameters, antioxidant, and antimicrobial activities. The results revealed the physicochemical parameter of honey from T. laeviceps species complex to be an average color (75 ± 15 mm Pfund), moisture (27 ± 2 g/100 g), pH (3.70 ± 0.3), total sugar (50 ± 7.80 g/100 g), electrical conductivity (0.62 ±0.15 ms/cm) and the soluble solids (51.70 ± 4.12 °Brix). Besides, the honey from the T. laeviceps species complex showed the highest reducing power (18 ± 1.20%) and antimicrobial property against four species of bacteria (Bacillus subtilis, Pseudomonas aeroginosa, Staphylococcus aureus, Salmonella typhimurium) and yeast (Candida albicans).

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Medicinal Properties of Stingless Bee Honey

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Stingless bee honey: Quality parameters, bioactive compounds, health-promotion properties and modification detection strategies

Cited by 110 publications

References 78 publications

Stingless Bee Honey: Evaluating Its Antibacterial Activity and Bacterial Diversity

Stingless Bee Honey: Evaluating Its Antibacterial Activity and Bacterial Diversity

Physicochemical Profiles, Antioxidant and Antibacterial Capacity of Honey from Stingless Bee Tetragonula laeviceps Species Complex

Medicinal Properties of Stingless Bee Honey

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