Foreword

Chapter 7 **Fundamentals of Brazilian Honey Analysis: An Overview 139**

Chapter 8 **Physicochemical Characterization of Maltese Honey 171** Everaldo Attard and Adrian Bugeja Douglas

**Bioactive Compounds in Honey 193**

Fernando Antônio Anjo

Chapter 10 **Antimicrobial Activity of Honey 215**

Piotr Szweda

Chapter 11 **Microorganisms in Honey 233**

**in Honey 259**

Chapter 13 **Honey as a Functional Food 287**

Fioravante Guerra

Chapter 9 **Techniques for the Evaluation of Physicochemical Quality and**

Iliev, Iskra Ivanova and Weyder Cristiano Santana

Chapter 12 **Techniques for the Evaluation of Microbiological Quality**

Lima and Fernando Antônio Anjo

**Section 2 Detection of Residues and Heavy Metals 309**

Enrique Mejías and Tatiana Garrido

Chapter 15 **Residue Determination in Honey 325**

A. Berretta

**VI** Contents

Franciane Marquele-Oliveira, Daniel Blascke Carrão, Rebeca Oliveira de Souza, Nathalia Ursoli Baptista, Andresa Piacezzi Nascimento, Elina Cássia Torres, Gabriela de Padua Moreno, Andrei Felipe Moreira Buszinski, Felipe Galeti Miguel, Gustavo Luis Cuba, Thaila Fernanda dos Reis, Joelma Lambertucci, Carlos Redher and Andresa

Maria Josiane Sereia, Paulo Henrique Março, Marcia Regina Geraldo Perdoncini, Rejane Stubs Parpinelli, Erica Gomes de Lima and

Mayara Salgado Silva, Yavor Rabadzhiev, Monique Renon Eller, Ilia

Maria Josiane Sereia, Marcia Regina Ferreira Geraldo Perdoncini, Paulo Henrique Março, Rejane Stubs Parpinelli, Erica Gomes de

Rosa Helena Luchese, Edlene Ribeiro Prudêncio and André

Chapter 14 **Analytical Procedures for Determining Heavy Metal Contents in Honey: A Bioindicator of Environmental Pollution 311**

Simone Moretti, Giorgio Saluti and Roberta Galarini

Honey is a natural product produced by bees and consumed by man since prehistory. Its density and sweet taste make it a much appreciated product by consumers, and its highly complex and nutritious chemical constitution is reported to have numerous benefits for human health.

Numerous researchers all over the world now devote their research to the study of this honeybee colony product, both for therapeutic and nutritional purposes, but also for being an important geographic and botanical marker. In addition, honey has stood out as an important product for use in monitoring environmental quality due to the foraging activity of honeybees in environments contaminated with pesticides and heavy metals.

The book *Honey Analysis* has 15 chapters divided into two sections: one section that is dedicated to the analysis of bioactive compounds, physicochemical, and microbiological analysis and another that addresses techniques for the detection of residues and heavy metals. Renowned world researchers are responsible for addressing the most relevant issues on honey analysis. *Honey Analysis* is a book and the authors' approaches to analytical techniques in honey are conveyed in a practical and objective way in association with their own research reports.

> **Emerson Dechechi Chambó** The Federal University of Recôncavo da Bahia Bahia, Brazil
