Plausible authentication of manuka honey and related products by measuring leptosperin with methyl syringate.

@article{Kato2014PlausibleAO,
  title={Plausible authentication of manuka honey and related products by measuring leptosperin with methyl syringate.},
  author={Yoji Kato and Rie Fujinaka and Akari Ishisaka and Yoko Nitta and Noritoshi Kitamoto and Yosuke Takimoto},
  journal={Journal of agricultural and food chemistry},
  year={2014},
  volume={62 27},
  pages={
          6400-7
        }
}
Manuka honey, obtained from Leptospermum scoparium flowers in New Zealand, has strong antibacterial properties. In this study, plausible authentication of the manuka honey was inspected by measuring leptosperin, methyl syringate 4-O-β-D-gentiobiose, along with methyl syringate. Despite a gradual decrease in methyl syringate content over 30 days at 50 °C, even at moderate 37 °C, leptosperin remained stable. A considerable correlation between nonperoxide antibacterial activity and leptosperin… 
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