Journal of Analytical Methods in Chemistry / 2022 / Article / Tab 8 / Research Article
Trace Elements and Heavy Metal Contents in West Algerian Natural Honey Table 8 A comparison among reports regarding mineral content in honey samples from Mediterranean regions.
Element Spain [51 ] France [53 ] France [54 ] Italy [24 ] Italy [22 ] Turkey [19 ] Greece [25 ] Cyprus [25 ] Egypt [25 ] Palestine [40 ] Palestine [41 ] Syria [42 ] Libya [45 ] N = 25N = 86N = 40N = 40N = 51N = 71N = 12N = 14N = 8N = 21N = 10N = 6N = 8Cr — 0.08–0.36 — 10–328 — <1 μ g/kg <0.12 <0.12 <0.12 0.00–0.51 — <0.018–0.054 — Co — 0.10–0.23 — 1.0–17 2.9–30.2 — <0.03 <0.03 <0.03 — — — — V — — — <3–24 — — <0.11 <0.11 <0.11 — — — — W — — — — — — — — — — — — — Ru — — — — — — — — — — — — — Rh — — — — — — — — — — — — — Pt — — — — — — — — — — — — — Au — — — — — — — — — — — — — As — — nd–8.0 <25 2.8–11.1 — <0.08 <0.08 <0.08 — — — 0.006–0.018 Cd — 0.08–0.25 1–22 1.3–4.2 1.0–15.3 <1 μ g/kg <0.05 <0.05 <0.05 — — — 0.125–0.150 Pb — 0.28–1.08 3–101 9–209 28–304 <1 μ g/kg <0.08 <0.08 <0.08 — 0.51–0.94 <0.082 2.42–10.98 K 261–1380 — — 237–6520 178–4140 1.18–268 — — — 42.80–585.00 203.92–495.48 38.2–174 1120.1–1980.6 Na 256–501 — — 4.8–176 60–147 0.48–13.1 — — — 41.80–306.30 35.19–196.51 — 506.8–804.6 Ca 110–248 8.90–130.90 36–219 <43–283 159–373 <0.001–4.5 15.22–65.93 23.66–143.47 44.79–112.10 44.50–150.70 64.49–138.41 43.3–118 923.92–1117.5 Mg 37–139 3.62–68.78 33–145 6.2–148 22–159 — 20.13–109.53 9.24–80.48 12.17–22.04 12.30–46.70 20.48–54.15 — — Cu — 0.06–1.71 — 0.06–5.4 0.20–2.79 <1–929 μ g/kg <0.35 <0.35 <0.35 0.00–1.52 0.61–1.22 0.616–2.21 — Mn — 0.11–42.81 1.4–12.8 0.09–2.8 0.13–16.9 <1–274 μ g/kg 0.26–5.54 0.07–4.11 0.17–0.55 0.11–0.99 — 0.153–1.69 — Fe — 0.56–86.76 — <1–4.4 1.0–6.3 <1–7254.62 μ g/kg 0.75–4.16 0.96–3.97 2.18–8.45 2.00–10.80 2.25–8.75 1.46–16.9 — Zn — 0.17–6.42 nd–1.4 <0.5–8.9 0.72–3.66 <1–237 μ g/kg 0.97–9.30 0.86–6.94 0.55–1.68 1.00–19.90 0.13–25.20 0.206–2.76 —
From each report, the min-max range is mentioned. All values are in mg/kg, unless stated otherwise. nd: not detected; ˂ LOQ: concentrations were lower than LOQ; N : the number of honey samples.