The Synergistic Beneficial Effect of Thyme Honey and Olive Oil against Diabetes and Its Complications Induced by Alloxan in Wistar Rats

Table 4

Physicochemical analysis of thyme honey and olive oil.

	Physicochemical analysis
Thyme honey	pH	Free acidity (mEq/kg)	Lactonic acidity (mEq/kg)	Total acidity (mEq/kg)	Moisture (%)	Ash content (%)
	4.0 ± 0.05	28.56 ± 1.54	9.13 ± 0.18	37.69 ± 1.46	19.0 ± 0.04	0.27 ± 0.00
	Electrical conductivity (mS/cm)	Diastasic activity (shading units/g)	TSS (%)	Pfund scale (mm)	Honey color	Melanoidins
	462 ± 5.12	15.43 ± 2.03	81.0 ± 0.21	121.74 ± 5.43	Amber	0.83 ± 0.07
Olive oil	Free acidity %	Peroxide index mEq O2/kg	K232	K270	Chlorophyll (mg/kg)	Carotenoids (mg/kg)
	0.56 ± 0.01	4.6 ± 0.04	0.08 ± 0.00	0.21 ± 0.00	14.55 ± 1.02	6.2 ± 0.7