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Headspace volatile compounds fluctuations in honeydew honey during storage at in-house conditions

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The current research study focused on the investigation of honeydew honey volatile profile during storage at in-house conditions. The determination of volatile compounds was carried out using headspace solid phase microextraction coupled to gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (HS-SPME/GC–MS). The experiment lasted 53 weeks during which significant variations in the composition of specific alcohols, aldehydes, benzene derivatives, esters, hydrocarbons, ketones, and terpenoids were observed using one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA). In this context, the data obtained were further treated statistically with factor analysis and Bayesian Repeated AVOVA to establish models that could unveil the fluctuations in honeydew honey headspace volatile compounds during storage. Headspace volatile compounds such as 2-butanone, 2-methylpropanal, ethyl acetate and α-pinene could serve as the key indicators of the fluctuations in honeydew honey volatile composition during storage at in-house conditions. The hypothesis driven in the present study supports previous work in the literature concerning the alteration of the volatile composition of honey during storage at different temperatures or mild temperatures, such as those obtained at in-house conditions, providing thus, additional knowledge on the fluctuations in the volatile composition of honeydew honey under these conditions, reflecting among others, its freshness.

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The author would like to thank Assoc. Prof. Dr. Anastasia Badeka for providing access to the laboratory of Food Chemistry at the Department of Chemistry at the University of Ioannina.

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Karabagias, I.K. Headspace volatile compounds fluctuations in honeydew honey during storage at in-house conditions. Eur Food Res Technol 248, 715–726 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00217-021-03921-9

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