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

Química Nova

Geni Da Silva Sodré²  Luís Carlos Marchini¹  Orgeda Luiza Araújo Domingues Zucchi¹  Virgilio Franco Nascimento Filho¹  Ivani Pozar Otsuk¹  Augusta Carolina De Camargo Carmello Moreti¹ 

[1] ,Universidade Federal da Bahia

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

DOI  :  10.1590/S0100-40422007000400030

来源: SciELO

【 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.

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