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. 2021 Mar 29;10(4):530. doi: 10.3390/antiox10040530

Table 3.

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

Sample Apigenin Astragalin ** Datiscetin ** Genistein ** Kaempferol ** Luteolin ** Quercetin Quercetrin ** Rhamnetin ** Rutin **
Acacia 0.04 ± 0 d nd nd nd 0.15 ± 0.01 g nd nd nd nd nd
Artificial nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd
Buckwheat 1 0.03 ± 0 d nd nd nd 0.08 ± 0.01 g nd nd nd nd nd
Buckwheat 2 0.03 ± 0 d nd nd nd 0.11 ± 0 g nd 0.11 ± 0 f nd nd nd
Goldenrod 0.16 ± 0.02 b nd nd nd 1.18 ± 0.05 c 0.06 ± 0 d 0.31 ± 0.01 e 0.04 ± 0.01 b nd 0.07 ± 0 b
Heather 1 0.06 ± 0.01 d nd nd nd 1.42 ± 0.02 b 0.06 ± 0.01 d 0.94 ± 0.03 b 0.11 ± 0 a nd 0.15 ± 0.01 a
Heather 2 0.26 ± 0 a 0.07 ± 0 c 0.07 ± 0.01 e nd 0.97 ± 0.02 c 0.08 ± 0 d 0.21 ± 0 e nd nd nd
Honeydew 1 0.11 ± 0.01 c 0.12 ± 0.01 b 0.23 ± 0.03 c,d 0.41 ± 0.03 a 0.47 ± 0.04 e 0.04 ± 0 d 0.54 ± 0.05 c nd nd nd
Honeydew 2 0.09 ± 0 c 0.11 ± 0 b 0.16 ± 0 d 0.28 ± 0.03 b 0.43 ± 0.04 e 0.04 ± 0 d 0.44 ± 0.1 c,d nd nd nd
Honeydew 3 0.07 ± 0 c,d nd nd nd 0.33 ± 0 e,f 0.03 ± 0 d 0.25 ± 0.01 e nd nd nd
Linden 0.09 ± 0.01 c nd 0.09 ± 0 e nd 0.38 ± 0 e 0.07 ± 0 d 0.21 ± 0 e nd nd nd
Malaysian nd 0.66 ± 0 a 0.06 ± 0 e nd nd nd nd nd nd nd
Manuka 250 0.15 ± 0 b nd 2.75 ± 0.03 a nd 0.43 ± 0.03 e 0.3 ± 0 a 0.64 ± 0 c nd 0.21 ± 0.01 a nd
Manuka 400 0.12 ± 0 c nd 2.09 ± 0.04 b nd 0.46 ± 0.01 e nd 0.64 ± 0.02 c nd 0.24 ± 0 a nd
Multifloral 1 0.06 ± 0.01 d nd nd nd 0.29 ± 0.03 f nd 0.14 ± 0 f nd nd nd
Multifloral 2 0.12 ± 0.01 c 0.05 ± 0 c nd nd 0.84 ± 0.05 c,d nd 0.42 ± 0 d nd nd nd
Multifloral 3 0.2 ± 0 b nd 0.34 ± 0.02 c nd 2.27 ± 0.02 a 0.14 ± 0.01 c 2.08 ± 0.05 a nd nd nd
Phacelia 0.19 ± 0 b nd 0.16 ± 0 d nd 1.13 ± 0.04 c 0.17 ± 0 b,c 0.37 ± 0.02 d nd nd nd
Rapeseed 0.06 ± 0 d 0.06 ± 0 c 0.08 ± 0 e nd 0.78 ± 0.02 d 0.04 ± 0 d 0.28 ± 0.03 e nd nd 0.05 ± 0 b
Raspberry 0.17 ± 0.01 b nd 0.45 ± 0.03 c nd 0.95 ± 0.05 c 0.21 ± 0.01 b 0.23 ± 0.01 e nd nd nd
Sunflower 0.03 ± 0 d 0.05 ± 0 c nd nd 0.12 ± 0.01 g nd 0.23 ± 0.02 e nd nd nd

** calculated as quercetin; 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).