Trace Elements and Heavy Metal Contents in West Algerian Natural Honey

Table 6

Distribution data for K, Na, Ca, Mg, Cu, Mn, Fe, and Zn (mg/kg) in west Algerian honey.

Sample	K^a	Na^a	Ca^a	Mg^a	Cu^b,c	Mn^b,c	Fe^b,c	Zn^b,c	Total minerals
S1	808.00	21.60	56.20	142.00	3.66	13.30	59.60	2.62	1107.58
S2	460.00	49.20	58.50	126.00	5.70	10.80	24.50	2.39	737.53
S3	418.00	37.00	64.90	142.00	4.46	11.10	24.40	4.41	706.68
S4	451.00	30.70	73.60	92.70	9.62	7.67	26.10	3.38	695.19
S5	327.00	34.10	50.60	77.60	—^d	5.52	19.60	0.22	514.92
S6	946.00	146.00	104.00	149.00	5.92	13.90	23.20	3.39	1392.47
S7	241.00	13.30	33.10	159.00	5.08	12.70	22.60	5.29	492.53
S8	790.00	22.10	97.80	162.00	4.81	10.50	11.70	4.42	1104.26
S9	441.00	97.80	85.80	88.80	—^d	7.85	34.60	9.33	765.57
S10	667.00	64.40	205.00	120.00	7.86	10.80	57.30	13.90	1147.04
S11	589.00	104.00	102.00	79.00	3.44	7.61	33.70	4.98	924.28
S12	153.00	15.30	33.50	116.00	2.80	11.50	24.30	3.08	359.77
S13	572.00	102.00	104.00	127.00	1.66	13.70	16.30	4.99	942.24
S14	989.00	77.10	377.00	137.00	—^d	11.50	17.60	3.45	1613.00
S15	722.00	32.30	99.90	69.10	5.29	1.36	26.80	0.62	957.88
S16	254.00	62.30	81.10	89.20	1.95	9.26	26.00	4.37	528.41
S17	375.00	129.00	33.30	134.00	7.16	12.10	14.90	4.59	710.58
S18	526.00	68.20	53.80	133.00	—^d	13.40	21.60	5.20	821.65
S19	400.00	110.00	119.00	118.00	2.13	8.12	22.60	2.33	782.65
S20	247.00	26.50	70.00	112.00	—^d	10.20	25.10	2.29	493.45
S21	776.00	23.60	80.80	51.60	6.08	3.83	24.00	2.59	969.00
S22	675.00	281.00	100.00	99.50	6.61	7.38	18.10	3.30	1191.51
S23	802.00	71.70	215.00	55.30	4.67	1.47	26.20	3.63	1180.73
S24	425.00	156.00	101.00	20.80	—^d	1.93	8.48	1.87	715.40
S25	777.00	275.00	287.00	77.80	—^d	1.69	11.30	2.82	1433.12
S26	470.00	92.50	132.00	57.00	4.17	9.25	21.10	3.41	789.77
S27	987.00	23.60	165.00	124.00	7.25	6.55	21.80	4.75	1340.80
S28	338.00	179.00	91.00	66.80	—^d	6.50	19.10	2.46	703.31
S29	384.00	102.00	77.70	85.40	5.46	8.63	26.30	3.17	692.92
S30	471.00	44.30	70.70	78.40	4.88	3.45	24.10	1.44	699.04
S31	504.00	64.60	90.80	80.20	3.75	6.10	35.80	2.75	788.61
S32	442.00	165.00	117.00	92.80	3.59	4.70	38.30	3.62	867.55
S33	510.00	51.20	70.70	123.00	8.97	6.15	29.50	1.78	801.68
S34	441.00	114.00	502.00	111.00	—^d	3.90	25.60	3.68	1201.59
S35	460.00	66.10	71.90	98.60	2.52	7.28	29.60	2.69	739.34
S36	411.00	35.90	49.00	42.50	—^d	6.46	28.00	2.58	576.28
S37	452.00	97.40	90.50	92.60	2.78	5.87	15.40	1.93	758.88
Statistics
Mean	532.46	83.40	113.92	100.83	4.90	7.95	25.28	3.61	871.55
Max.	989.00	281.00	502.00	162.00	9.62	13.90	59.60	13.90	1613.00
Min.	153.00	13.30	33.10	20.80	1.66	1.36	8.48	0.22	359.77
SD	212.69	64.85	95.38	33.88	1.65	3.66	10.39	2.35	290.66

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