THE STUDY OF APPLICATION FOR DISCRIMINATION OF ROYAL HONEY BEE FROM THREE THAI STINGLESS HONEY BEES (TRIGONA SPP.) USING FTIR-MICROSPECTROSCOPY.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Machana, Sasipawan; Ornnim, Phatsakorn; Weerakul, Thorsang; Ninsanthea, Chuanpit; Phanudulkitti, Chamipha; Srijan, Tharathee; Pattarapanich, Chumnan; Thumanu, Kanjana; Tanthanuch, Waraporn
- Source
- Thai Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences. SUP2012, Vol. 36, p193-196. 4p. 2 Graphs.
- Subject
- *PHARMACEUTICAL technology
*HONEYBEES
*FOURIER transform infrared spectroscopy
*PRINCIPAL components analysis
*HONEY
*STINGLESS bees
*FOURIER transform spectroscopy
*BEE products
*FACTOR analysis
- Language
- ISSN
- 0125-4685
The article presents information on a study conducted to discriminate the composition of royal honey bee from three stingless honey bee species from Thailand. In the study, honey samples of four honey bee species were collected and stored at a temperature of 4 degree Celsius, and were analysed by fourier transform infrared (FTIR) microspectroscopy technique. The variation between the data sets was identified by using principal components analysis (PCA). The study concluded that the FTIR spectroscopy and PCA analysis could discriminate the chemical composition of royal honey bee with other stingless honey bee species.