Journal of Zhejiang Agricultural Sciences ›› 2025, Vol. 66 ›› Issue (8): 1986-1992.DOI: 10.16178/j.issn.0528-9017.20240248

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Research progress on volatile components of honey

CHEN Yanyan1,2(), LIU Lili3, CEN Yanxia2, ZHU Zhiqiang4, YIN Shenggao2,*()   

  1. 1. Wuzhou Vocational College, Wuzhou 543000, Guangxi
    2. Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanning 530000, Guangxi
    3. Beihai Public Inspection and Testing Center, Beihai 536000, Guangxi
    4. Yangshuo County Yichunzu Bee Industry Co.,Ltd., Guilin 541000, Guangxi
  • Received:2024-04-01 Online:2025-08-11 Published:2025-09-04

Abstract:

Honey is a nutritious and natural food that has medicinal effects such as soothing and tonifying the middle, nourishing yin and moistening dryness, detoxifying and relieving pain. It is one of the popular health foods among consumers. Volatile components are the main basis for reflecting the source, quality, and especially the odor characteristics of honey. This article mainly summarizes the methods and techniques for analyzing the volatile components of honey in recent years, as well as the differences in the main volatile components of honey from different sources. It summarizes and organizes the research results in recent years and looks forward to the research prospects of volatile component analysis in honey, in order to provide theoretical basis for the quality evaluation of honey products.

Key words: honey, volatile components, composition analysis

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