Making artificial honey using yeast cells from salivary glands of honey bees.
The salivary glands of a honey bee, Apis cerana and the yeast cells isolated from these glands were studied for their effects on sucrose solution. This solution exhibited lowered pH and increased levels of fructose and total amino acids as the time of incubation proceeded. The solution thus made was similar to the natural honey.
Kathiresan
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Centre of Advanced Study in Marine Biology Annamalai University, Parangipettai 608 502, India. cdl_aucasmb@sancharnet.in
Srinivasan
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D000818:Animals; D001516:Bees / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000382:microbiology*; D006722:Honey / Q000032:analysis*; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D012469:Salivary Glands / Q000382:microbiology*; D013395:Sucrose / Q000378:metabolism; D015003:Yeasts / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism
D013395:Sucrose