{"id":29006,"date":"2019-08-14T14:06:49","date_gmt":"2019-08-14T13:06:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.manukanewzealand.com\/?page_id=29006"},"modified":"2026-02-18T15:30:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T14:30:07","slug":"petermolan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.manukanewzealand.com\/es\/petermolan\/","title":{"rendered":"Profesor Peter Molan: el descubridor del UMF."},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"page-header-744207440\" class=\"page-header-wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"page-title dark simple-title\">\n\n        <div class=\"page-title-bg\">\n      <div class=\"title-bg fill bg-fill\"\n        data-parallax-container=\".page-title\"\n        data-parallax-background\n data-parallax=\"-\">\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"title-overlay fill\"><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"page-title-inner container align-center flex-row medium-flex-wrap\" >\n              <div class=\"title-wrapper flex-col text-left medium-text-center\">\n          <h1 class=\"entry-title mb-0\">\n            Peter Molan          <\/h1>\n        <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"title-content flex-col flex-right text-right medium-text-center\">\n        <div class=\"title-breadcrumbs pb-half pt-half\"><nav class=\"woocommerce-breadcrumb breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\" data-no-translation=\"\" data-trp-gettext=\"\">Home<\/nav><\/div>      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n     \n<style>\n#page-header-744207440 .title-bg {\n  background-image: url(https:\/\/www.manukanewzealand.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/mnz-header-2.jpg);\n}\n<\/style>\n  <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  \n\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_1395273332\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-1601550214\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1909555049\" class=\"col medium-12 small-12 large-8\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<blockquote>\n<p><em><strong>\u201cLas pruebas de metilglioxal proporcionan una forma clara y cuantificable de clasificar las propiedades distintivas de la miel de Manuka\u201d.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>Cita atribuida al profesor Peter Molan, de la Universidad de Waikato, Nueva Zelanda.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>El profesor Peter Molan estuvo afiliado a la Universidad de Waikato hasta 2015. A partir de 1985, \u00e9l y su equipo de la Unidad de Investigaci\u00f3n de la Miel de Waikato llevaron a cabo una exhaustiva investigaci\u00f3n sobre las caracter\u00edsticas distintivas de la miel de Manuka.<\/p>\n<p>Su trabajo dio lugar a numerosas publicaciones cient\u00edficas y contribuy\u00f3 a que las propiedades cuantificables de la miel de Manuka obtuvieran reconocimiento internacional. Introdujo el concepto de clasificaci\u00f3n conocido como UMF (Unique Manuka Factor), cuyo objetivo era clasificar la miel de Manuka bas\u00e1ndose en los m\u00e9todos de prueba de laboratorio disponibles en ese momento.<\/p>\n<p>Los valores UMF se asociaban hist\u00f3ricamente con mediciones comparativas de laboratorio. Con el tiempo, nuevos avances cient\u00edficos identificaron el metilglioxal (MGO) como un compuesto clave medible en la miel de Manuka. El m\u00e9todo de laboratorio para cuantificar las concentraciones de MGO est\u00e1 acreditado por la IANZ seg\u00fan las normas ISO 17025.<\/p>\n<p>Desde 2008, el profesor Peter Molan colabor\u00f3 estrechamente con el profesor Thomas Henle, cuya investigaci\u00f3n identific\u00f3 el metilglioxal como un marcador medible en la miel de Manuka. El profesor Molan falleci\u00f3 en septiembre de 2015. Su investigaci\u00f3n sigue siendo influyente en el estudio cient\u00edfico de la miel de Manuka.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.manukanewzealand.com\/es\/thomashenle\/\"><strong>M\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n sobre el profesor Thomas Henle y la identificaci\u00f3n del metilglioxal (MGO).<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-398740283\" class=\"col medium-12 small-12 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-center\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_1519943419\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.manukanewzealand.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/molan.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_1519943419 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#col-398740283 > .col-inner {\n  max-width: 500px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_1395273332 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n  padding-bottom: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-29006","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>UMF Manuka Honing - The discovery of Professor Peter Molan<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Methylglyoxal testing is a clear and unambiguous way to let consumers know, supported by Peter Molan; 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