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Received: 27 March 2017 Accepted: 30 June 2017 Published: xx xx xxxx
Active macromolecules of honey form colloidal particles essential for honey antibacterial activity and hydrogen peroxide production Katrina Brudzynski1, Danielle Miotto1, Linda Kim1, Calvin Sjaarda1, Liset Maldonado-Alvarez1 & Henryk Fukś2 Little is known about the global structure of honey and the arrangement of its main macromolecules. We hypothesized that the conditions in ripened honeys resemble macromolecular crowding in the cell and affect the concentration, reactivity, and conformation of honey macromolecules. Combined results from UV spectroscopy, DLS and SEM showed that the concentration of macromolecules was a determining factor in honey structure. The UV spectral scans in 200–400 nm visualized and allowed quantification of UV-absorbing compounds in the following order: dark > medium > light honeys (p
OPEN
Received: 27 March 2017 Accepted: 30 June 2017 Published: xx xx xxxx
Active macromolecules of honey form colloidal particles essential for honey antibacterial activity and hydrogen peroxide production Katrina Brudzynski1, Danielle Miotto1, Linda Kim1, Calvin Sjaarda1, Liset Maldonado-Alvarez1 & Henryk Fukś2 Little is known about the global structure of honey and the arrangement of its main macromolecules. We hypothesized that the conditions in ripened honeys resemble macromolecular crowding in the cell and affect the concentration, reactivity, and conformation of honey macromolecules. Combined results from UV spectroscopy, DLS and SEM showed that the concentration of macromolecules was a determining factor in honey structure. The UV spectral scans in 200–400 nm visualized and allowed quantification of UV-absorbing compounds in the following order: dark > medium > light honeys (p
