Rheology of Indian Honey: Effect of Temperature and Gamma Radiation
Table 2
Effect of gamma radiation treatment on viscosity (Pa·s ± SDx) of honey measured at 25°C.
Honey brand
Control
5 kGy
7.5 kGy
10 kGy
15 kGy
I
7.9b ± 1.0
8.0b ± 0.8
8.0b ± 1.0
7.9b ± 1.2
7.9b ± 1.0
II
8.5b ± 0.4
8.3b ± 0.03
8.3b ± 0.3
8.4b ± 0.2
8.4b ± 0.4
III
3.6c ± 0.3
3.5c ± 0.2
3.5c ± 0.2
3.5c ± 0.1
3.5c ± 0.4
IV
16.0a ± 1.0
16.0a ± 0.6
15.8a ± 1.0
15.8a ± 0.4
16.0a ± 1.0
V
2.4d ± 0.3
2.3d ± 0.1
2.3d ± 0.3
2.3d ± 0.2
2.3d ± 0.2
VI
9.6b ± 0.3
9.6b ± 0.1
9.6b ± 1.0
9.6b ± 0.7
9.6b ± 0.2
VII
3.4c ± 0.1
3.4c ± 1.0
3.3c ± 1.0
3.3c ± 0.7
3.3c ± 1.0
Standard deviation; letters depict the significance of differences in mean values when analyzed by one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA). Same letter across the row or column indicates insignificant differences, whereas different letters indicate significant differences ( ≤ 0.05).
