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metadata.dc.type: | Artigo de Periódico |
Title: | Determination of chemical elements in africanized Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera: Apidae) honey samples from the State of Piauí, Brazil |
Other Titles: | Química Nova |
Authors: | Sodré, Geni da Silva Marchini, Luís Carlos Zucchi, Orgeda Luiza Araújo Domingues Nascimento Filho, Virgilio Franco Otsuk, Ivani Pozar Moreti, Augusta Carolina de Camargo Carmello |
metadata.dc.creator: | Sodré, Geni da Silva Marchini, Luís Carlos Zucchi, Orgeda Luiza Araújo Domingues Nascimento Filho, Virgilio Franco Otsuk, Ivani Pozar Moreti, Augusta Carolina de Camargo Carmello |
Abstract: | 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. |
Keywords: | Honey Africanized honey bee Chemical elements |
metadata.dc.publisher.country: | Brasil |
metadata.dc.rights: | Acesso Aberto |
URI: | http://repositorio.ufba.br/ri/handle/ri/14435 |
Issue Date: | 2007 |
Appears in Collections: | Artigo Publicado em Periódico (Química) |
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