Evaluation of the antioxidant potential of the mad honey collected from the black sea region in Turkey

Objective: Mad honey (Rhododendron honey) is produced by honeybees from Rhododendron flowers and contains grayanotoxins, antioxidants, flavonoid phenolic properties. The mad samples are collected Turkey's Black Sea region local residents sold as in free market conditions. This study was planned to evaluate the total content, content antioxidant capacity protein profiles with SDS-Page electrophoresis determined seven different locations residents.
 Material Method: Total modified Folin-Ciocalteu method. colorimetric method using aluminum chloride (AlCl3). activity calculated according radical scavenging effect of 1,1-diphenyl-2-picryl hydrazyl (DPPH). Protein evaluated electrophoresis.
 Results Conclusions: In Turkey, Region, potential known honey, people, were evaluated. mean contents found 285,44±118,43 (125.85 471.18) mg GAE/kg activities 29,68±7,2 (21.71 35.03) AAE/kg 27,26±4,79 (19.93 39.18) QE/kg honey.
 results revealed that examined this a good source antioxidant, at varying levels depending on characteristics where they collected.