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Trace Elements and Heavy Metal Contents in West Algerian Natural Honey
Analysis of trace elements and heavy metals in honey is essential for honey quality and safety and also monitoring environmental pollution. This study aimed to evaluate the composition of thirty-seven honey samples of different botanical origins (14 multifloral and 23 unifloral) obtained from beekee...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9822738/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36619658 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/7890856 |
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author | Bereksi-Reguig, Dalila Bouchentouf, Salim Allali, Hocine Adamczuk, Agnieszka Kowalska, Grażyna Kowalski, Radosław |
author_facet | Bereksi-Reguig, Dalila Bouchentouf, Salim Allali, Hocine Adamczuk, Agnieszka Kowalska, Grażyna Kowalski, Radosław |
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description | Analysis of trace elements and heavy metals in honey is essential for honey quality and safety and also monitoring environmental pollution. This study aimed to evaluate the composition of thirty-seven honey samples of different botanical origins (14 multifloral and 23 unifloral) obtained from beekeepers located in the west region of Algeria. Inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) and atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS) methods were used to determine the levels of 19 elements in honey (K, Na, Ca, Mg, Mn, Cu, Fe, Zn, V, Cr, Co, As, Ru, Rh, Cd, W, Pt, Au, and Pb). Ru, Rh, Pt and, Au were not detected in any of the tested honey samples. The most abundant minerals were K, Ca, Na, and Mg ranging within 153.00–989.00 mg/kg, 33.10–502.00 mg/kg, 13.30–281.00 mg/kg, and 20.80–162.00 mg/kg, respectively. Fe, Mn, Zn, and Cu were the most abundant heavy metals while Pb, V, Cr, W, Co, and Cd were the lowest ones (<1 mg/kg) in the honey samples surveyed. Several honey types, lavender, rosemary, mild white mustard, thyme, milk thistle, carob tree, orange tree, Euphorbia, Eucalyptus, camphor, jujube tree, sage, and harmal, were studied, and the statistical analysis was carried out using principal component analysis (PCA) and hierarchical cluster analysis (HCA) techniques to evaluate the data. The results showed that the analyses of mineral content were sufficient to determine the floral origin and their variability may be related to geochemical and geographical differences. On other hand, all elements detected were at levels below safe thresholds. |
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spelling | pubmed-98227382023-01-07 Trace Elements and Heavy Metal Contents in West Algerian Natural Honey Bereksi-Reguig, Dalila Bouchentouf, Salim Allali, Hocine Adamczuk, Agnieszka Kowalska, Grażyna Kowalski, Radosław J Anal Methods Chem Research Article Analysis of trace elements and heavy metals in honey is essential for honey quality and safety and also monitoring environmental pollution. This study aimed to evaluate the composition of thirty-seven honey samples of different botanical origins (14 multifloral and 23 unifloral) obtained from beekeepers located in the west region of Algeria. Inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) and atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS) methods were used to determine the levels of 19 elements in honey (K, Na, Ca, Mg, Mn, Cu, Fe, Zn, V, Cr, Co, As, Ru, Rh, Cd, W, Pt, Au, and Pb). Ru, Rh, Pt and, Au were not detected in any of the tested honey samples. The most abundant minerals were K, Ca, Na, and Mg ranging within 153.00–989.00 mg/kg, 33.10–502.00 mg/kg, 13.30–281.00 mg/kg, and 20.80–162.00 mg/kg, respectively. Fe, Mn, Zn, and Cu were the most abundant heavy metals while Pb, V, Cr, W, Co, and Cd were the lowest ones (<1 mg/kg) in the honey samples surveyed. Several honey types, lavender, rosemary, mild white mustard, thyme, milk thistle, carob tree, orange tree, Euphorbia, Eucalyptus, camphor, jujube tree, sage, and harmal, were studied, and the statistical analysis was carried out using principal component analysis (PCA) and hierarchical cluster analysis (HCA) techniques to evaluate the data. The results showed that the analyses of mineral content were sufficient to determine the floral origin and their variability may be related to geochemical and geographical differences. On other hand, all elements detected were at levels below safe thresholds. Hindawi 2022-12-30 /pmc/articles/PMC9822738/ /pubmed/36619658 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/7890856 Text en Copyright © 2022 Dalila Bereksi-Reguig et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Bereksi-Reguig, Dalila Bouchentouf, Salim Allali, Hocine Adamczuk, Agnieszka Kowalska, Grażyna Kowalski, Radosław Trace Elements and Heavy Metal Contents in West Algerian Natural Honey |
title | Trace Elements and Heavy Metal Contents in West Algerian Natural Honey |
title_full | Trace Elements and Heavy Metal Contents in West Algerian Natural Honey |
title_fullStr | Trace Elements and Heavy Metal Contents in West Algerian Natural Honey |
title_full_unstemmed | Trace Elements and Heavy Metal Contents in West Algerian Natural Honey |
title_short | Trace Elements and Heavy Metal Contents in West Algerian Natural Honey |
title_sort | trace elements and heavy metal contents in west algerian natural honey |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9822738/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36619658 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/7890856 |
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