title: New criterion for evaluation of honey: quantification of royal jelly protein apalbumin 1 in honey by ELISA.
abstract: The 55 kDa major protein of royal jelly, named apalbumin 1, is an authentic protein of honey and pollen pellet, and for its quantification an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was developed using specific polyclonal anti-apalbumin 1 antibody. The limit of detection for apalbumin 1 was 2 ng mL(-1). The floral honeys contained apalbumin 1 as follows: acacia, 0.011%; linden, 0.010%; chestnut, 0.029%; rape, 0.010%; and dandelion, 0.014%. The saccharose syrup honey contained only 0.001% of apalbumin 1. The average amount of apalbumin 1 relating to the total protein content of analyzed honey samples was 23.39%, whereas in SCCH apalbumin 1 presented only 4.81% of total proteins of honey. Apalbumin 1 is thermostabile in honey at 80 degrees C incubated for 40 min. ELISA results show good precision in the evaluation of apalbumin 1 quantity in honey (CV ranged from 0.69 to 4.25%).
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Apidology, Institute of Molecular Biology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia. Katarina.Bilikova@savba.sk
authors.forename: Katarína
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bíliková
authors.forename: Jozef
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Simúth
mesh_terms: D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / Q000379:methods*; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis*; D006023:Glycoproteins / Q000032:analysis*; D006722:Honey / Q000032:analysis*; D019476:Insect Proteins / Q000032:analysis*; D011786:Quality Control; D000099219:Royal Jelly
chemical_list: D005227:Fatty Acids; D006023:Glycoproteins; D019476:Insect Proteins; D000099219:Royal Jelly; C509394:apalbumin 1, honeybee