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Table 2 Physical parameters (pH, moisture content, electrical conductivity, total dissolved solids concentrations and color intensity) of Malaysian honey samples

From: Physicochemical and antioxidant properties of Malaysian honeys produced by Apis cerana, Apis dorsata and Apis mellifera

Sample

pH

Moisture content (%) mean ± SD

EC (mS/cm) mean ± SD

TDS (ppm) mean ± SD

HMF (mg/kg) mean ± SD

ABS450(mAU; 50 w/v) mean ± SD

Acacia (A. mellifera)

3.53 ± 0.06c

15.16 ± 0.10c

0.76 ± 0.005a

375.00 ± 2.5a

0.26 ± 0.2d

320.33 ± 2.8b

Pineapple (A. mellifera)

3.73 ± 0.06b

14.86 ± 0.20c

0.35 ± 0.002b

176.00 ± 1.0c

68.99 ± 0.44a

312.33 ± 12.34b

Borneo (A. cerana)

4.03 ± 0.06a

16.99 ± 0.31b

0.75 ± 0.006a

377.00 ± 2.0a

28.50 ± 1.05c

338.33 ± 17.10b

Tualang (A. dorsata)

3.80 ± 0.0b

17.53 ± 0.12a

0.75 ± 0.003a

371.00 ± 1.3b

46.17 ± 1.59b

544.33 ± 11.68a

Mean ± SD

3.78 ± 0.21

16.14 ± 1.33

0.65 ± 0.20

324.75 ± 99.0

35.98 ± 0.77

378.83 ± 1110.87

  1. Means were compared by using a one-way ANOVA with post hoc multiple comparisons. In each column, values with different letters (superscripts) indicate significant differences (p < 0.05).