Fig 1.
Pollen morphology of Schefflera abyssinica monofloral honey (a) and polyfloral honey (b).
Table 1.
Pollen count distribution for selected monofloral and polyfloral honey (n = 20).
Table 2.
Antioxidant content and antioxidant activities (mean ± SD) of Schefflera abyssinica and Polyfloral honey (n = 20).
Table 3.
Physicochemical properties and sugar profile (mean±SD) of Schefflera abyssinica and polyfloral honey (n = 20).
Fig 2.
HPLC chromatogram for sugar profile of honey sample.
Table 4.
Pearson correlation matrix among physicochemical and antioxidant properties of Schefflera abyssinica and polyfloral honey.
Fig 3.
Principal component analysis predictive biplots of botanical origin over antioxidant (a) and physicochemical (b) properties. The degree of proximity between variables and the narrower angle between diagonal lines indicated a strong association. TPC = Total phenolic content; TFC = Total flavonoid content; DPPH = 1, 1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl scavenging activity; H2O2; hydrogen peroxide scavenging activity; RI = refractive index; OD = optical density; HMF = hydroxymethylfurfural; EC = Electrical conductivity.