Determination of chemical elements in africanized Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera: Apidae) honey samples from the State of Piauí, Brazil

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Nascimento Filho, Virgilio Franco¹  Zucchi, Orgeda Luiza Araújo Domingues¹  Marchini, Luís Carlos¹  Moreti, Augusta Carolina de Camargo Carmello¹  Sodré, Geni da Silva¹  Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brasil¹  Universidade Federal da Bahia¹  Otsuk, Ivani Pozar¹  Secretaria Estadual de Abastecimento, Nova Odessa¹  Universidade de São Paulo, Piracicaba, Brasil¹ 

关键词: honey;    africanized honey bee;    chemical elements.;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0100-40422007000400030

学科分类：化学（综合）

来源: Sociedade Brasileira de Quimica

【 摘 要 】

Honey is a food used since the most remote times, appreciated for its characteristic flavor, considerable nutritional value and medicinal properties; however, little information exists about the presence of chemical elements in it. The objectives of this work were to determine the chemical elements present in 38 honey samples, collected directly from beekeepers from the State of Piauí, Brazil and to verify whether they presented any contamination. The chemical elements were determined by means of Total Reflection X-ray Fluorescence. The means of three replicates were: K (109.671 ± 17.487), Ca (14.471 ± 3.8797), Ti (0.112 ± 0.07), Cr (0.196 ± 0.11), Mn (0.493 ± 0.103), Fe (1.722 ± 0.446), Co (0.038), Ni (0.728 ± 0.706), Cu (0.179 ± 0.0471), Zn (0.967 ± 0.653), Se (not detected), Br (not detected), Rb (0.371 ± 0.097), Sr (0.145 ± 0.45), Ba (11.681), Hg (not detected), and Pb (0.863) µg g-1.

【 授权许可】

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