Honey Research Unit Publications

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. Grainger, M. N. C.; Klaus, H.; Hewitt, N.; Gan, H.; French, A. D. Biological Trace Element Research 2024, 202 (2), 754-764.
DOI: doi.org/10.1007/s12011-023-03680-6

. Bell, A. R.; Grainger, M. N. C. Food Chemistry 2023, 426, 136614.
DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2023.136614

. Grainger, M. N. C. Food Chemistry Advances 2022, 1, 100128.
DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.focha.2022.100128

Investigation of inorganic elemental content of honey from regions of North Island, New Zealand. Grainger, M. N. C.; Klaus, H.; Hewitt, N.; French, A. D. Food Chemistry 2021, 361, 130110.
DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2021.130110

. Grainger, M. N. C.; Hewitt, N.; French, A. D. Talanta 2020, 120858.
DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.talanta.2020.120858

. Owens, A.; Lane, J. R.; Manley-Harris, M.; Marie Jensen, A.; J酶rgensen, S. Food Chemistry 2019, 276, 636-642.
DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2018.10.039

. Grainger, M. N. C.; Owens, A.; Manley-Harris, M.; Lane, J. R.; Field, R. J. Food Chemistry 2017, 232, 648-655.
DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2017.04.066

. Grainger, M. N. C.; Manley-Harris, M.; Lane, J. R.; Field, R. J. Food Chem. 2016, 202, 500-506.
DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2016.02.032

. Grainger, M. N. C.; Manley-Harris, M.; Lane, J. R.; Field, R. J. Food Chemistry 2016, 202, 492-499.
DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2016.02.030

. Grainger, M. N. C.; Manley-Harris, M.; Lane, J. R.; Field, R. J. Food Chemistry 2016, 202, 484-491.
DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2016.02.029

. Adams, C. J.; Grainger, M. N. C.; Manley-Harris, M. Food Chemistry 2015, 174 (Supplement C), 306-309.
DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2014.11.073

. Rogers, K. M.; Grainger, M.; Manley-Harris, M. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 2014, 62 (12), 2615-2622.
DOI: doi.org/10.1021/jf404767b

. Grainger, M. N. C.; Manley-Harris, M.; Fauzi, N. A. M.; Farid, M. M. Food Chemistry 2014, 153, 134-139.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2013.12.017

. Chan, C. W.; Deadman, B. J.; Manley-Harris, M.; Wilkins, A. L.; Alber, D. G.; Harry, E. Food Chemistry 2013, 141 (3), 1772-1781.
DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2013.04.092.

. Windsor, S.; Pappalardo, M.; Brooks, P.; Williams, S.; Manley-Harris, M. Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytotherapy 2012, 4 (1), 6-11.
DOI: doi.org/10.5897/JPP11.025.

. Lin, S.; Molan, P.; Cursons, R. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases 2010, 1-6.
DOI: doi.org/10.1007/s10096-010-1121-x

. Adams, C. J.; Manley-Harris, M.; Molan, P. C. Carbohydrate Research 2009, 344 (8), 1050-1053.
DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.carres.2009.03.020

. Adams, C. J.; Boult, C. H.; Deadman, B. J.; Farr, J. M.; Grainger, M. N. C.; Manley-Harris, M.; Snow, M. J. [Carbohydrate Research vol 343 (2008) pg 651], Carbohydrate Research 2009, 344 (18), 2609-2609.
DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.carres.2009.08.008

. Adams, C. J.; Boult, C. H.; Deadman, B. J.; Farr, J. M.; Grainger, M. N. C.; Manley-Harris, M.; Snow, M. J. Carbohydrate Research 2008, 343 (4), 651-659.
DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.carres.2007.12.011

. Stephens, J. M. C.; Molan, P. C.; Clarkson, B. D. New Zealand Journal of Botany 2005, 43, 431 - 449.
DOI: doi.org/10.1080/0028825X.2005.9512966

. Snow, M. J.; Manley-Harris, M. Food Chemistry 2004, 84 (1), 145-147.
DOI: doi.org/10.1016/S0308-8146(03)00258-9

. Molan, P. C.; Betts, J. A. Journal of Wound Care 2004, 13 (9), 3535-3356.
DOI: doi.org/10.12968/jowc.2004.13.9.26708

. Bang, L. M.; Buntting, C.; Molan, P. Journal of Alternative & Complementary Medicine 2003, 9 (2), 267-273.
DOI: doi.org/10.1089/10755530360623383

. Cooper, R. A.; Molan, P. C.; Harding, K. G. J. Appl. Microbiol. 2002, 93 (5), 857-863.
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.2002.01761.x.

. Wilkins, A. L.; Lu, Y. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 1995, 43 (12), 3021-3025.
DOI: doi.org/10.1021/jf00060a006

. N al Somal, N.; Coley, K. E.; Molan, P. C.; Hancock, B. M. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine 1994, 87, 9-12.
DOI: doi.org/10.1177/014107689408700106

. Wilkins, A. L.; Lu, Y.; Tan, S. T. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 1993, 41 (6), 873-878.
DOI: doi.org/10.1021/jf00030a006

. Wilkins, A. L.; Lu, Y.; Molan, P. J. Apic. Res. 1993, 32 (1), 3-9.
DOI: doi.org/10.1080/00218839.1993.11101281

. Molan, P. Bee World 1992, 73 (2), 59-76.
DOI: doi.org/10.1080/0005772X.1992.11099118

. Molan, P. Bee World 1992, 73 (1), 5-28.

. Allen, K. L.; Molan, P. C.; Reid, G. M. Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology 1991, 43 (12), 817-822, Article.
DOI: doi.org/10.1111/j.2042-7158.1991.tb03186.x Scopus.

. Tan, S. T.; Wilkins, A. L.; Holland, P. T.; McGhie, T. K. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 1990, 38 (9), 1833-1838.
DOI: doi.org/10.1021/jf00099a010 (acccessed 2014/08/14).

. Russell, K. M.; Molan, P. C.; Wilkins, A. L.; Holland, P. T. J. Agric. Food Chem. 1990, 38 (1), 10-13.
DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.talanta.2023.124647

. Russell, K. M.; Molan, P. C.; Wilkins, A. L.; Holland, P. T. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 1990, 38 (1), 10-13.
DOI: doi.org/10.1021/jf00091a002

. Tan, S. T.; Wilkins, A. L.; Holland, P. T.; McGhie, T. K. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 1990, 38 (9), 1833-1838.
DOI: doi.org/10.1021/jf00099a010

. Russell, K. M.; Molan, P. C.; Wilkins, A. L.; Holland, P. T. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 1990, 38 (1), 10-13.
DOI: doi.org/10.1021/jf00091a002

. Tan, S. T.; Wilkins, A. L.; Holland, P. T.; McGhie, T. K. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 1989, 37 (5), 1217-1221.
DOI: doi.org/10.1021/jf00089a004

. Tan, S. T.; L., W. A.; C., M. P.; T., H. P.; and Reid, M. J. Apic. Res. 1989, 28 (4), 212-222.
DOI: doi.org/10.1080/00218839.1989.11101187

. Tan, S. T.; Holland, P. T.; Wilkins, A. L.; Molan, P. C. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 1988, 36 (3), 453-460.
DOI: doi.org/10.1021/jf00081a012

. Molan, P.; Russell, K. M. J. Apic. Res. 1988, 27, 62-67.
DOI: doi.org/10.1080/00218839.1988.11100783

Past Honey Reseach by Peter Molan

A large body of research was carried out by Dr Molan and collaborators on the .

Trees

. Noble, A. S.; Abbaszadeh, J.; Lee, C. K. Microbiome 2025, 13 (1), Article.
DOI: doi.org/10.1186/s40168-024-02000-x

. Grierson, E. R. P.; Thrimawithana, A. H.; van Klink, J. W.; Lewis, D. H.; Carvajal, I.; Shiller, J.; Miller, P.; Deroles, S. C.; Clearwater, M. J.; Davies, K. M.; et al. New Phytologist 2024, 242 (5), 2270-2284.
DOI: doi.org/10.1111/nph.19714

. Clearwater, M. J.; Noe, S. T.; Manley-Harris, M.; Truman, G.-L.; Gardyne, S.; Murray, J.; Obeng-Darko, S. A.; Richardson, S. J. New Phytologist 2021, 232 (4), 1703-1717.
DOI: doi.org/10.1111/nph.17632

. Noble, A. S.; Noe, S.; Clearwater, M. J.; Lee, C. K. PLoS One 2020, 15 (8), e0237079.
DOI: doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0237079

. Noe, S.; Manley-Harris, M.; Clearwater, M. J. New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science 2019, 1-15.
DOI: doi.org/10.1080/01140671.2019.1670681

. Clearwater, M. J.; Revell, M.; Noe, S.; Manley-Harris, M. Annals of Botany 2018, 121 (3), 501-512.
DOI: doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcx183

. Williams, S.; King, J.; Revell, M.; Manley-Harris, M.; Balks, M.; Janusch, F.; Kiefer, M.; Clearwater, M.; Brooks, P.; Dawson, M. J Agric Food Chem 2014, 62 (42), 10332-10340.
DOI: doi.org/10.1021/jf5045958

Propolis

. Manley-Harris, M.; Grainger, M. N. C.; Peters, L. M.; Te Rire-McNeil, S. T. Fitoterapia 2025, 181, 106412.
DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.fitote.2025.106412

. Phytochemistry Markham, K. R.; Mitchell, K. A.; Wilkins, A. L.; Daldy, J. A.; Lu, Y. 1996, 42 (1), 205-211.
DOI: doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(96)83286-9

Theses

Honey

Thomas, E., Characterisation of the aroma profiles of New Zealand monofloral honeys, MSc, The 51萝莉, Hamilton, New Zealand, 2023

Bell, A, An investigation of low diastase activity in m膩nuka honey, MSc, The 51萝莉, Hamilton, New Zealand, 2023.

Swears, R., "The Bee on Honey-Dew Hath Fed": Carbohydrate composition and prebiotic potential of an Australian commercial honey and some New Zealand honeydew honeys, MSc, The 51萝莉, Hamilton, New Zealand, 2020.

Owens, A., The kinetics of the dissociation of dihydroxyacetone dimer in aprotic media, MSc, The 51萝莉, Hamilton, New Zealand, 2016.

Grainger, M. N. C., Kinetics of conversion of dihydroxyacetone to methylglyoxal in honey. Ph.D, The 51萝莉, Hamilton, New Zealand, 2015.

Lloyd, A., Analysis of Amino Acids in M膩nuka Honey, MSc, The 51萝莉, Hamilton, New Zealand, 2015.

Chan, C., Isolation, Characterization and Synthesis of a Phenyl-substituted Pyrrole Isolated from the Flavonoid Fraction of M膩nuka Honey, MSc, The 51萝莉, Hamilton, New Zealand, 2011.

Trees

Nobel, A., Exploring the m膩nuka phyllosphere microbiome, Ph.D, The 51萝莉, Hamilton, New Zealand, 2024.

Noble, A., Environmental and biogeographical drivers of the鈥疞eptospermum scoparium鈥�(m膩nuka) phyllosphere microbiome, MSc, The 51萝莉, Hamilton, New Zealand, 2018.

King, J., An Investigation of Factors that Contribute to Dihydroxyacetone Variation Observed in New Zealand Leptospermum scoparium, MSc, The 51萝莉, Hamilton, New Zealand, 2013.

Williams, S., A Survey of Dihydroxyacetone in Nectar of Leptospermum Scoparium from Several Regions of New Zealand, MSc, The 51萝莉, Hamilton, New Zealand, 2012.

Media

Podcasts and webinars

, Grainger, M., 2025, Webinar,

, Grainger M., 2025.

, Grainger M., RNZ, 2022鈥�.

Videos

, Grainger, M., 2022 Dr., The Kudos Science Trust YouTube.鈥€€�

Magazines and interviews

, Grainger, M. Sequeira, J., Ed.; F+BTech, May 2025; pp 32-33.

, Grainger, M. Sequeira, J., Ed.; Supermarket News, May 2025; pp 24-25.

Grainger, M. Dawkins, P., Ed.; Apiarist's Advocate, May, 2023

, Grainger, M., 2022 Dr., The Kudos Science Trust YouTube.

Television

, Grainger, M. N. C. Cvitanovich, J., Ed.; Series 13, Episode 6: TV 1, 2017.

Magazines articles

, Grainger, M., 2024; December

Testing nectar to select M膩nuka trees for high-grade honey, New Zealand. Grainger, M. N. C. New Zealand Beekeeper, 2016; Vol. December 2016.

Assessing the potential of your hive site. Grainger, M. N. C. Apiculture Conference, Rotorua, New Zealand, 19-21 June 2016, 2016.

C4 sugar analysis. Grainger, M. New Zealand Beekeeper, New Zealand Beekeeper, 2015; July, pp 13-14.

The explaination of why the level of UMF varies in m膩nuka honey. Stephens, J.; Molan, P. C. New Zealand BeeKeeper, South City Print: New Zealand BeeKeeper, 2008; Vol. March, pp 17-21.

Improvements to the UMF assay. Molan, P. C. New Zealand Bee Keeper 2008, 16 (7), 24-25.

An explanation of why the MGO level in m膩nuka honey does not show the antibacterial activity. Molan, P. C. New Zealand Bee Keeper 2008, 16 (4), 11-13.

Current honey research at the 51萝莉. Molan, P. C. The New Zealand Bee Keeper 2008, 16 (7), 20-21.

. Molan, P. C. 2001. (accessed 2011 5 March 2011).