TY - JOUR T1 - Determination of Honey Botanical Origin by Using Discriminant Analysis AU - , Suat Sahinler AU - , Nuray Sahinler AU - , Aziz Gul JO - Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances VL - 8 IS - 3 SP - 488 EP - 491 PY - 2009 DA - 2001/08/19 SN - 1680-5593 DO - javaa.2009.488.491 UR - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=javaa.2009.488.491 KW - Honey KW -honey type KW -honey classification KW -chemical characteristics KW -botanical origin KW -discriminant analysis AB - One of the most important criterions is determination of honey botanical origin in point of the sense of taste, the force of habit and quality of honey and the results of this, in preference of honey. The purpose of this study, is to discriminate the honey type using a linear discriminant function on the basis of honey chemical characteristics by using discriminant analysis, which is one of the multivariate techniques and has recently been much used in applied sciences. In this study, independent variables, mineral content (%), moisture (%), pH, acidity (meq), invert sugar (%), sucrose (%), diastase level and HMF (mg) belonging to 5 types as sunflower, citrus, cotton, pine and high plateau honeys were used. The discriminant functions from different combinations of variables on the basis of honey chemical characteristics were given and the cases from the original honey botanical origins, sunflower, citrus, cotton, pine and high plateau, could be classified 100% correctly by using these functions. ER -