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Screening was focused toward chemical composition of natural organic volatiles to determine if it is useful as a method of determining honey-sourcing. A total of 34 compounds were identified in the headspace and 49 in the extracts that included terpenes, norisoprenoids and benzene derivatives, followed by minor percentages of aliphatic compounds and furan derivatives. High vomifoliol percentages (10.7%\u201324.2%) in both extracts (dominant in solvent B) and coumarin (0.3%\u20132.4%) from the extracts (more abundant in solvent A) and headspace (0.9%\u20131.8%) were considered characteristic for P. mahaleb honey and highlighted as potential nonspecific biomarkers of the honey\u2019s botanical origin. 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