Skip to main content
. 2021 Mar 29;10(4):530. doi: 10.3390/antiox10040530

Table 2.

Phenolic compounds of honeys—phenolic acids [mg kg−1].

h Caffeic
Acid
Chlorogenic
Acid
Ferulic
Acid
p-Coumaric
Acid
Protocatechuic
Acid *
Sinapic
Acid
Syringic
Acid *
Vanillic
Acid
Acacia nd nd 0.25 ± 0.02 e nd nd nd nd 0.18 ± 0.01 c
Phacelia 0.45 ± 0.02 d 0.88 ± 0.03 d 1.18 ± 0.03 b 2.83 ± 0.11 b nd nd 0.12 ± 0.01 e 0.54 ± 0.02 b
Buckwheat 1 nd 0.69 ± 0.03 d nd 0.83 ± 0.05 e nd nd nd nd
Buckwheat 2 nd 0.56 ± 0.03 e nd 2.13 ± 0.09 c nd nd nd nd
Linden 0.69 ± 0.04 c 0.73 ± 0.01 d 0.21 ± 0.01 e nd nd nd 0.11 ± 0.01 e nd
Malaysian 0.65 ± 0.09 c 3.06 ± 0.13 a 0.11 ± 0.01 f 0.46 ± 0.01 g nd 0.07 ± 0.01 a 0.22 ± 0.01 d 0.33 ± 0.02 b,c
Raspberry 0.44 ± 0.03 d 0.29 ± 0.02 f 1.55 ± 0.06 a 2.44 ± 0.03 c nd nd 0.17 ± 0.01 d 0.52 ± 0.03 b
Manuka 250 38.67 ± 2.02 a 2.68 ± 0.03 b nd 0.84 ± 0.04 e nd nd 0.64 ± 0.05 b nd
Manuka 400 35.69 ± 0.12 a 3.29 ± 0.15 a nd 0.64 ± 0.04 f nd nd 0.4 ± 0.02 c nd
Goldenrod 0.53 ± 0.04 c,d nd 1.66 ± 0.04 a 3.36 ± 0.18 b nd nd 0.21 ± 0.02 d 1.05 ± 0.04 a
Rapeseed nd 0.56 ± 0.05 e 0.32 ± 0.03 d,e 0.65 ± 0.02 f nd nd 0.22 ± 0.02 d nd
Sunflower nd 0.49 ± 0.04 e 0.14 ± 0.01 f nd nd nd nd 0.20 ± 0.01 c
Honeydew 3 0.59 ± 0.02 c 0.74 ± 0.05 d 0.44 ± 0.05 d 1.45 ± 0.08 d 0.29 ± 0.02 b nd 0.13 ± 0.02 e nd
Honeydew 1 1.2 ± 0.03 b 0.78 ± 0.1 d 0.31 ± 0.02 d,e 0.95 ± 0.02 e 0.66 ± 0.03 a nd nd nd
Honeydew 2 0.92 ± 0.07 b 0.83 ± 0.05 d 0.22 ± 0.01 e 0.63 ± 0.05 f 0.77 ± 0.01 a nd 0.11 ± 0.02 e 0.27 ± 0.01 c
Artificial nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd
Multifloral 1 nd 1.34 ± 0.04 c nd nd nd nd nd nd
Multifloral 2 1.09 ± 0.01 b 1.35 ± 0.08 c 0.38 ± 0.04 d 1.59 ± 0.07 d nd nd 0.2 ± 0.01 d 0.45 ± 0.03 b
Multifloral 3 nd 0.36 ± 0.01 f 1.31 ± 0.09 b 4.05 ± 0.06 a nd nd 1.05 ± 0.03 a 0.97 ± 0.04 a
Heather 1 nd 0.46 ± 0.04 e 0.71 ± 0.02 c 2.21 ± 0.06 c nd nd 0.16 ± 0.02 d 0.55 ± 0.03 b
Heather 2 0.4 ± 0.05 d nd 1.10 ± 0.01 b 4.09 ± 0.24 a nd nd nd 0.43 ± 0.02 b

* calculated as ferulic acid; nd—not detected; data are means ± standard deviation (n = 3); statistical analysis was performed by one-way ANOVA using Tukey’s post hoc test: different letters in the same column indicate statistical significance (at least p ≤ 0.05).