Chromatography
A family of laboratory methods that separate a mixture into its components so each can be measured.
Chemistry · also called HPLC, chromatographic, gas chromatography, liquid chromatography, LC-MS
Definition
The workhorse of honey analysis. Liquid chromatography separates and quantifies the individual sugars, which is how the fructose-to-glucose ratio and the sucrose figure are established. Coupled to mass spectrometry it identifies trace compounds — the aroma volatiles behind a honey's character, the phenolic markers that indicate a floral source, and the residues that betray particular manufactured syrups.
See also
Other chemistry terms
Sources
Sources
- Analytical approaches to honey authentication — Peer-reviewed food-analysis literature · Peer-reviewed article
- Composition of American Honeys and related analytical work — United States Department of Agriculture · Peer-reviewed article
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