Honey seeker depicted on 8000 year old cave painting at Arana Caves in Spain. 

... [18] History and ancient medication of honey Honey had been reported as the oldest sweeteners ever exist within the world since existence of man while the genuine date of the origin stays obscure. [19] Honey use and production features a long and varied history. [19] The use of honey for healing intentions is entrenched in antiquated remedies likewise as present day wound management. ...

... [19] Honey use and production features a long and varied history. [19] The use of honey for healing intentions is entrenched in antiquated remedies likewise as present day wound management. ...

... [20] Eating honey prolongs life, according to Aristotle, while Hippocrates says that I eat honey and use it in the treatment of many diseases because honey provides good food and health. [19] Pedanius Dioscorides, an army Roman surgeon, wrote in his book that honey could be used as a treatment for stomach disease, pus wound, hemorrhoids, and cough prevention treatment, as reported by Nayik et al. [19] Religious perception of honey Haile et al. [22] recorded that several religious books contain the record of the use of honey in one way or in the order as mentioned below: the faith of Islam advocated the use of honey as food and medicine, and Surah al-Nahl, which means the Honeybee chapter, was dedicated to honey within the Holy Qur'an. The Prophet Muhammad strongly promoted the use of honey for medicinal and therapeutic purposes throughout the book of hadith. ...

... Honey bees belong to the genera Apis and stingless bees belongs to Meliponini [3] . For many centuries, honey known as Madhu in ayurvedic scriptures is one of the most important medicines used in Ayurveda and is one among the foods having religious significance [4] . Hindus consider honey as one of the 'Panchamrita' (five elixirs of immortality). ...

... Surveys of floral honey composition have recognized two main components are fructose, glucose averaging 38.0 and 32.0%, respectively. Glucose and fructose are the only monosaccharides in honey [4,31] which comprising about 95% of honey dry weight. Apart from the two monosaccharides, more than ten different oligosacharides were reported such as 1-kestose, panose, 6-kestose, palatinose [31,32] . ...

... Some regions which are well-known as a honey producer in Indonesia include Kalimantan, Sumatera, Sulawesi and Nusa Tenggara Islands. Natural honey gives a lot of health benefit and has been popular since Egypt civilization (Nayik, Shah, Muzaffar, Wani, Gull, Majid, & Bhat, 2014). Nowadays, people use honey for its nutrient and medication and industrial purposes (Buba, Gidado, & Shugaba, 2013). ...

... Madu merupakan pemanis alami dan makanan bergizi. 1 Madu digunakan sebagai pengobatan tradisional di masyarakat. Madu bersifat sebagai senyawa yang dapat mencegah dan mengobati beberapa penyakit yang disebabkan oleh bakteri maupun virus. 2 Madu memiliki kemampuan terapetik sebagai antiinflamasi, antimikroba, kesehatan gastro, kesehatan saraf, anti kanker, antidiabetik, dan sebagai antioksidan. ...

... Kadar antioksidan dalam madu dipengaruhi oleh sumber, asal geografis, kondisi iklim, pemrosesan, penyimpanan, dan penanganan produk madu. 1 Kandungan total flavonoid berkisar 0,02-0,07 %b/b dengan rerata 0,04 %b/b. Sampel ke 4 memiliki kandungan total flavonoid tertinggi. ...

... It's transmitted to hives in the form of pollen loads and called bee pollen. This product contains many important substances such as volatile amino acids, phenolic compounds, vitamins and pigments that play a powerful role as antioxidants (Lazaridou et al., 2004 andNayik et al., 2014). ...

... It's transmitted to hives in the form of pollen loads and called bee pollen. This product contains many important substances such as volatile amino acids, phenolic compounds, vitamins and pigments that play a powerful role as antioxidants (Lazaridou et al., 2004 andNayik et al., 2014). ...

... Honey is believed to be the first discovered natural sweetener and has since been an important food source for Homo sapiens (Gangwar, 2016). Nayik et al. (2014), mentioned that the origin and accurate date of the existent of this old natural sweetener remains unknown since the evolution of man. In an attempt to trace the origin of honey some researchers sought to narrate human's involvement with bees, which is beekeeping. ...

... Apart from banana, honey is a globally documented natural food rich in nutritional value and valuable health-promoting properties. The utilisation of honey as medicines and nutritional foods since ancient times is due to the fact that it contains various functional compounds (Nayik et al., 2014). Honey is a natural supersaturated sugar solution, mainly composed of approximately 65% to 80% of glucose and fructose, which can be used as a rapid energy source upon consumption (Chua and Adnan, 2014;Nayik and Nanda, 2016b). ...

... Apart from banana, honey is a globally documented natural food rich in nutritional value and valuable health-promoting properties. The utilisation of honey as medicines and nutritional foods since ancient times is due to the fact that it contains various functional compounds (Nayik et al., 2014). Honey is a natural supersaturated sugar solution, mainly composed of approximately 65% to 80% of glucose and fructose, which can be used as a rapid energy source upon consumption (Chua and Adnan, 2014;Nayik and Nanda, 2016b). ...

... Honey is the most important product of beekeeping, both from a quantitative and an economical point of view; in addition, it was the first bee product used by humankind in ancient times (Adenekan et al. 2012;Nayik et al. 2014;Nayik and Nanda 2016a). Organoleptic characteristics and properties of honey may widely vary according to several factors, such as the species of flowers and plants, the environment where the plants grow and the insect itself (Attanzio et al. 2016); however, also the processing and storage conditions have an influence (Nayik et al. 2015;Nayik and Nanda 2015a;2015b;2016b). ...