Urban Honey: A Review of Its Physical, Chemical, and Biological Parameters That Connect It to the Environment
Humans mainly use the land for agriculture and housing, resulting in the loss of natural habitat and a decrease in the number of species, including wild bees. The reduction of wild bees generates several negative consequences for the agricultural and ecosystem contexts, although sometimes the farmin...
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| author | Quiralte, David Zarzo, Inmaculada Fernández-Zamudio, María A. Barco, Héctor Soriano, José M. |
| author_browse | Barco, Héctor Fernández-Zamudio, María A. Quiralte, David Soriano, José M. Zarzo, Inmaculada |
| author_facet | Quiralte, David Zarzo, Inmaculada Fernández-Zamudio, María A. Barco, Héctor Soriano, José M. |
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| description | Humans mainly use the land for agriculture and housing, resulting in the loss of natural habitat and a decrease in the number of species, including wild bees. The reduction of wild bees generates several negative consequences for the agricultural and ecosystem contexts, although sometimes the farming reduces the probability of abandonment of the land. In parallel, urban beekeeping has emerged and consolidated as one of the current trends, while the consumption of honey from urban environments is also growing. Current scientific literature establishes different physical, chemical, and biological parameters which evaluate the quality of honey products and its environment. The review carried out here collects the various compounds contained in this source-dependent food matrix from anthropogenic activities in the sampling area. Using gas and liquid chromatography and spectrometry, the main physicochemical parameters have been detected, 27 chemical elements, of which 6 are heavy elements, 16 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and pesticides (organochlorine pesticides and neonicotinoids). Additionally, their total phenolic and microbiological content has been typified. This analysis can help to frame the main characteristics to evaluate this universal product, whose consumption began with the first settlers of the world, and its properties have been evolving as well as the characteristics of the production systems. |
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| institution | Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias (IVIA) |
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| spelling | ReDivia85542025-04-25T14:49:06Z Urban Honey: A Review of Its Physical, Chemical, and Biological Parameters That Connect It to the Environment Quiralte, David Zarzo, Inmaculada Fernández-Zamudio, María A. Barco, Héctor Soriano, José M. Anthropized systems Physical-chemical characterization Heavy elements Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons Microbiological content T01 Pollution Q04 Food composition Urban environment Polychlorinated biphenyls Pesticides Honey Contamination Air pollution pollution Humans mainly use the land for agriculture and housing, resulting in the loss of natural habitat and a decrease in the number of species, including wild bees. The reduction of wild bees generates several negative consequences for the agricultural and ecosystem contexts, although sometimes the farming reduces the probability of abandonment of the land. In parallel, urban beekeeping has emerged and consolidated as one of the current trends, while the consumption of honey from urban environments is also growing. Current scientific literature establishes different physical, chemical, and biological parameters which evaluate the quality of honey products and its environment. The review carried out here collects the various compounds contained in this source-dependent food matrix from anthropogenic activities in the sampling area. Using gas and liquid chromatography and spectrometry, the main physicochemical parameters have been detected, 27 chemical elements, of which 6 are heavy elements, 16 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and pesticides (organochlorine pesticides and neonicotinoids). Additionally, their total phenolic and microbiological content has been typified. This analysis can help to frame the main characteristics to evaluate this universal product, whose consumption began with the first settlers of the world, and its properties have been evolving as well as the characteristics of the production systems. 2023-03-06T13:25:14Z 2023-03-06T13:25:14Z 2023 article publishedVersion Quiralte, D., Zarzo, I., Fernandez-Zamudio, M. A., Barco, H. & Soriano, J. M. (2023). Urban Honey: A Review of Its Physical, Chemical, and Biological Parameters That Connect It to the Environment. Sustainability, 15(3), 2764. 2071-1050 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/8554 10.3390/su15032764 https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/15/3/2764 en This research was partially funded byWorld Sustainable Urban Food Centre of València (CEntro Mundial para la Alimentación urbana Sostenible; CEMAS), and by project-IVIA number 52203 (BonProfit Plan). The Plan against food waste in the Comunitat Valenciana is financed by the General CAP Agency (Conselleria de Agricultura, Desarrollo Rural, Emergencia Climática y Transición Ecológica, of the Generalitat Valenciana), and co-financed by the ERDF Funds. Info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ERDF/PCV 2021-2027/52203//Sostenibilidad y economía circular como ejes de desarrollo del sector agrario valenciano: suelo, agua y biodiversidad (BonProfit) Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ openAccess MDPI electronico |
| spellingShingle | Anthropized systems Physical-chemical characterization Heavy elements Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons Microbiological content T01 Pollution Q04 Food composition Urban environment Polychlorinated biphenyls Pesticides Honey Contamination Air pollution pollution Quiralte, David Zarzo, Inmaculada Fernández-Zamudio, María A. Barco, Héctor Soriano, José M. Urban Honey: A Review of Its Physical, Chemical, and Biological Parameters That Connect It to the Environment |
| title | Urban Honey: A Review of Its Physical, Chemical, and Biological Parameters That Connect It to the Environment |
| title_full | Urban Honey: A Review of Its Physical, Chemical, and Biological Parameters That Connect It to the Environment |
| title_fullStr | Urban Honey: A Review of Its Physical, Chemical, and Biological Parameters That Connect It to the Environment |
| title_full_unstemmed | Urban Honey: A Review of Its Physical, Chemical, and Biological Parameters That Connect It to the Environment |
| title_short | Urban Honey: A Review of Its Physical, Chemical, and Biological Parameters That Connect It to the Environment |
| title_sort | urban honey a review of its physical chemical and biological parameters that connect it to the environment |
| topic | Anthropized systems Physical-chemical characterization Heavy elements Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons Microbiological content T01 Pollution Q04 Food composition Urban environment Polychlorinated biphenyls Pesticides Honey Contamination Air pollution pollution |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/8554 https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/15/3/2764 |
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