Contribution of high-performance liquid chromatographic analysis of carbohydrates to authenticity testing of honey

摘要: A high-performance anion-exchange liquid chromatography method with pulsed amperometric detection was developed to investigate the oligosaccharide composition of honey. Quantification achieved by reference a maltotetraose internal standard. The profiles 91 authentic UK honey samples were obtained and multivariate statistical techniques employed whether these could be used as basis for identification flower source. Canonical Discriminant Analysis proved most successful. Results indicated that have potentially valuable role play in assessment floral origin though it is unlikely this procedure alone will allow unambiguous determination all types.