Trace Elements and Heavy Metal Contents in West Algerian Natural Honey

Table 5

Distribution data for Cr, Co, V, W, Ru, Rh, Pt, Au, As, Cd, and Pb (μg/kg) in west Algerian honey.

Sample	Cr^b,c	Co^b,c	V^b,c	W^b,c	Ru^b,c	Rh^b,c	Pt^b,c	Au^b,c	As^b	Cd^b,c	Pb^b,c
S1	70.11	9.01	8.62	—^d	—^d	—^d	—^d	—^d	—^d	1.27	21.44
S2	55.56	8.73	9.00	—^d	—^d	—^d	—^d	—^d	4.93	0.83	16.62
S3	38.73	10.33	4.83	—^d	—^d	—^d	—^d	—^d	7.70	1.09	9.73
S4	37.20	12.14	10.04	—^d	—^d	—^d	—^d	—^d	21.56	0.36	0.54
S5	34.07	20.80	6.88	—^d	—^d	—^d	—^d	—^d	3.38	0.90	20.25
S6	56.21	4.57	7.30	—^d	—^d	—^d	—^d	—^d	4.70	0.79	21.05
S7	27.63	5.96	1.57	—^d	—^d	—^d	—^d	—^d	1.75	8.14	9.87
S8	45.89	4.73	4.94	—^d	—^d	—^d	—^d	—^d	18.20	0.24	—^d
S9	41.02	17.32	6.00	—^d	—^d	—^d	—^d	—^d	4.05	0.54	11.94
S10	87.37	12.67	7.29	—^d	—^d	—^d	—^d	—^d	5.36	0.55	14.83
S11	43.74	6.61	79.73	—^d	—^d	—^d	—^d	—^d	3.95	1.50	23.20
S12	53.39	1.45	4.48	—^d	—^d	—^d	—^d	—^d	5.54	0.77	10.78
S13	59.05	3.36	5.12	—^d	—^d	—^d	—^d	—^d	4.80	0.97	9.21
S14	74.83	4.20	13.98	—^d	—^d	—^d	—^d	—^d	6.43	1.04	13.75
S15	29.60	3.56	6.52	—^d	—^d	—^d	—^d	—^d	5.27	1.26	17.93
S16	38.58	1.02	1.44	—^d	—^d	—^d	—^d	—^d	1.61	1.05	12.84
S17	39.84	0.36	2.10	—^d	—^d	—^d	—^d	—^d	1.68	—^d	132.73
S18	41.39	3.29	3.42	—^d	—^d	—^d	—^d	—^d	6.28	1.14	15.28
S19	55.46	5.77	13.84	—^d	—^d	—^d	—^d	—^d	6.31	0.84	14.39
S20	34.15	2.82	3.23	—^d	—^d	—^d	—^d	—^d	5.93	0.83	10.18
S21	42.62	4.60	10.26	10.65	—^d	—^d	—^d	—^d	6.68	3.38	89.44
S22	39.17	8.42	4.58	—^d	—^d	—^d	—^d	—^d	6.23	1.43	14.23
S23	46.89	5.25	9.09	17.18	—^d	—^d	—^d	—^d	7.73	0.41	40.55
S24	30.18	3.25	6.40	—^d	—^d	—^d	—^d	—^d	6.28	0.98	14.95
S25	29.13	4.18	4.55	11.10	—^d	—^d	—^d	—^d	8.19	0.86	24.57
S26	58.86	7.82	106.51	—^d	—^d	—^d	—^d	—^d	3.95	0.69	9.74
S27	27.36	3.07	4.75	—^d	—^d	—^d	—^d	—^d	4.92	0.90	26.52
S28	37.06	7.04	7.68	—^d	—^d	—^d	—^d	—^d	7.38	0.56	11.15
S29	27.81	1.89	0.81	—^d	—^d	—^d	—^d	—^d	2.70	1.05	11.91
S30	37.61	16.64	7.65	—^d	—^d	—^d	—^d	—^d	2.81	2.94	91.36
S31	62.04	17.78	27.11	—^d	—^d	—^d	—^d	—^d	10.41	1.14	24.70
S32	53.73	16.95	15.35	—^d	—^d	—^d	—^d	—^d	5.64	0.89	21.32
S33	50.33	12.11	11.62	—^d	—^d	—^d	—^d	—^d	2.90	0.99	20.95
S34	44.25	12.94	10.24	—^d	—^d	—^d	—^d	—^d	4.35	1.00	74.99
S35	72.11	21.19	16.47	24.30	—^d	—^d	—^d	—^d	8.30	0.84	16.41
S36	55.96	1.01	44.33	—^d	—^d	—^d	—^d	—^d	4.95	1.02	8.21
S37	47.23	6.74	12.37	—^d	—^d	—^d	—^d	—^d	3.96	1.19	27.30
Statistics
Mean	46.65	7.83	13.52	15.81	—^d	—^d	—^d	—^d	5.86	1.23	24.73
Max.	87.37	21.19	106.51	24.30	—^d	—^d	—^d	—^d	21.56	8.14	132.73
Min.	27.36	0.36	0.81	10.65	—^d	—^d	—^d	—^d	1.61	0.24	0.54
SD	14.43	5.82	21.05	4.93	—^d	—^d	—^d	—^d	4.03	1.32	27.59

^b,ctrace elements/heavy metals; ^dconcentrations were lower than LOQ; SD: standard deviation.