Haya: The Saudi Journal of Life Sciences (SJLS)
Volume-2 | Issue-09 | 378-387
Original Research Article
Effect of Pulsed He-Ne Laser Irradiation on Bee Honey Physicochemical Properties
Al Humira Elseir Gorashe Ahmmed, Ali A. S. Marouf
Published : Dec. 30, 2017
Abstract
This work aimed to study the effect of laser irradiation on bee honey
(Seder) physical and chemical properties. Four honey samples were used in this study
with 250 g of each; three of them were irradiated by He-Ne laser with output powers
1 mW, 1.5 mW and 2 mW for 5 minutes for each sample. Analysis included
measuring of some honey physical and chemical properties for the irradiated and no
irradiated samples particularly electrical conductivity, refractive index, density,
viscosity, moisture, Ashes, wax, monocular sugars, total sugars, glucose, fructose,
maltose, sucrose and acidity, it also included estimation of some elements like Na,
Ca, K, Fe, Mg. The results show that irradiation by He-Ne lead to upward effect for
some physical and chemical properties like electrical conductivity, monocular sugars
and density, and it lead to downward effect for ashes, wax, sucrose and density, while
it lead to no significant differences (P>0.05) on refractive index, viscosity.