Table 1

Parameter	Adamawa	Bauchi	Borno	Gombe	Taraba	Yobe
pH	4.53 ± 0.12	4.07 ± 0.06	4.33 ± 0.35	4.17 ± 0.67	3.67 ± 0.21	3.77 ± 0.12
EC (Ms/cm)	0.14 ± 0.04	0.21 ± 0.13	0.12 ± 0.01	0.12 ± 0.02	0.26 ± 0.13	0.06 ± 0.01
Free acidity (meq/kg)	13.73^a ± 0.70	24.33^b ± 0.76	18.40^b ± 1.83	27.73^c ± 1.22	21.93^b ± 1.14	31.87^d ± 1.80
Lactone acidity(meq/kg)	1.58^a ± 0.35	2.51^a ± 0.19	1.85^a ± 0.09	3.64b ± 0.87	1.36^a ± 0.34	2.70^a ± 0.38
Total acidity (meq/kg)	15.31^a ± 0.92	26.84^b ± 0.81	20.25^c ± 1.87	31.38^d ± 1.51	22.63^c ± 0.41	34.63^d ± 2.18
HMF (Mg/kg)	5.99^a ± 0.75	14.47^b ± 2.29	8.23^a ± 0.75	13.21^b ± 2.63	11.98^b ± 1.98	16.47^b ± 0.75
Diastase (Schade unit)	10.97 ± 0.61	8.50 ± 0.49	10.33 ± 2.52	8.67 ± 0.40	8.83 ± 0.73	8.92 ± 0.85

Values presented are mean ± SD of three determinations. Mean values with different superscript along rows are significantly different (P<0.05)

Table 1: Physicochemical parameters in honey samples from the six states in Northeastern Nigeria.