Potentiating Effects of Honey on Antioxidant Properties of Lemon-Flavoured
Black Tea
International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition, Posted
online on August 3, 2012
Health benefits including antioxidant potential of black tea
(Camellia sinensis), lemon (Citrus limon) and honey bees (Apis mellifera) have
been extensively reported. Nevertheless, nothing is reported about the effects
of their concomitant use.
Herein, those effects were evaluated in infusions of
lemon-flavoured black tea with three different kinds of honey (light amber,
amber and dark amber) from Lavandula stoechas, Erica sp. pl. and other
indigenous floral species from north-east Portugal, a region with high amounts
of this food product.
Data obtained showed that the use of honey (dark
amber>amber>light amber) potentiates the antioxidant activity of
lemon-flavoured black tea, increasing the reducing power and lipid peroxidation
inhibition properties, as also the antioxidant contents such as phenolics,
flavonoids and organic acids including ascorbic acid.
Has there been a study about the different geographical properties of honey and how effective they are? Just wondering because the study noted that the three types of honey were from north-east Portugal. Thank you.
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