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Specifically, during the study, 53 samples were analysed, divided into 6 types: acacia, citrus, chestnut, alpine flora, wildflower and lime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Gas chromatography\u2013ion<\/strong> mobility spectrometry (GC-IMS) makes it possible to obtain unique fingerprints for each type of honey, based on volatile compounds. Data <strong>pre-processing<\/strong> and multivariate<strong> statistical analysis <\/strong>demonstrate the ability of this technique to rapidly distinguish between different types of honey, with particular effectiveness for lime, acacia and citrus honeys. Diffuse reflectance visible spectroscopy (VIS), applied to the honey as is, provides a chemical fingerprint of the characteristic pigments and a digitisation of the specific colour. Analysis <strong>of the colour coordinates<\/strong> reveals a clear distinction between acacia and chestnut honeys and the other types. Transmission <strong>VIS<\/strong> provides unique information on the yellow hue of aqueous honey extracts, enabling lime and citrus\/acacia honey to be distinguished from the others with particular effectiveness. Finally, digital<strong> PCR analysis<\/strong> enables the quantification of the copy number of selected target genes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>In summary<\/strong>, the study demonstrates that the proposed integrated approach is promising for rapidly and cost-effectively detecting false declarations of the botanical origin of honey. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Bibliography<\/strong>: P. 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