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Determination of toxic and essential elements in sunflower honey from Thrace Region, Turkey
Author(s) -
Citak Demirhan,
Silici Sibel,
Tuzen Mustafa,
Soylak Mustafa
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
international journal of food science and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.831
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1365-2621
pISSN - 0950-5423
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2621.2011.02814.x
Subject(s) - cadmium , zinc , selenium , chromium , manganese , microwave digestion , chemistry , atomic absorption spectroscopy , copper , sunflower , environmental chemistry , trace element , nuclear chemistry , detection limit , chromatography , horticulture , biology , physics , organic chemistry , quantum mechanics
Summary The aim of this study was to determine the levels of copper (Cu), manganese (Mn), zinc (Zn), iron (Fe), cadmium (Cd), lead (Pb), chromium (Cr), nickel (Ni) and selenium (Se) in sunflower honeys obtained from Thrace Region of Turkey. Trace and toxic element determination was performed by atomic absorption spectrometry after microwave digestion. The accuracy of the method was checked by the standard reference material, NIST‐SRM 1515 Apple leaves. The maximum contents of trace and toxic elements in honey samples from Kesan (polluted area) were found as 0.46, 0.82, 1.98, 14.0, 9.86 μg kg −1 , 0.48 mg kg −1 , 137, 115 and 290 μg kg −1 for Cu, Mn, Zn, Fe, Cd, Pb, Cr, Ni and Se, respectively.