Minerals, Toxic Heavy Metals, and Antioxidant Properties of Honeys from Bangladesh

Table 4

Content of trace elements in the honey samples from Bangladesh.

Sample	Essential trace elements				Nonessential trace elements and toxic heavy metals
	Fe (mg/kg)	Zn (mg/kg)	Cu (mg/kg)	Co; (mg/kg)	Cd; (mg/kg)	Ni; (mg/kg)	Pb (mg/kg)	As (mg/kg)	Hg (mg/kg)	Mo (mg/kg)
H-1	0.56 ± 0.01	0.181 ± 0.001	2.23 ± 0.16	ND	ND	0.41 ± 0.01	1.01 ± 0.02	ND	ND	ND
H-2	0.71 ± 0.02	3.541 ± 0.120	2.21 ± 0.11	ND	ND	0.40 ± 0.02	0.88 ± 0.03	ND	ND	ND
H-3	0.96 ± 0.02	1.365 ± 0.044	1.54 ± 0.08	0.108 ± 0.002	0.006 ± 0.001	0.59 ± 0.03	0.17 ± 0.01	ND	ND	ND
H-4	3.11 ± 0.06	0.933 ± 0.010	1.79 ± 0.07	ND	0.01 ± 0.00	0.46 ± 0.01	0.68 ± 0.02	ND	ND	ND
H-5	0.41 ± 0.01	1.041 ± 0.040	2.85 ± 0.09	ND	ND	0.38 ± 0.01	0.96 ± 0.01	ND	ND	ND
H-6	1.16 ± 0.03	1.031 ± 0.034	2.75 ± 0.19	0.02 ± 0.00	0.018 ± 0.003	0.37 ± 0.02	0.88 ± 0.02	ND	ND	ND
H-7	1.54 ± 0.04	1.193 ± 0.030	1.64 ± 0.07	ND	0.025 ± 0.003	0.49 ± 0.02	1.17 ± 0.03	ND	ND	ND
H-8	2.63 ± 0.05	0.882 ± 0.009	1.61 ± 0.06	0.075 ± 0.000	0.029 ± 0.002	0.29 ± 0.01	1.45 ± 0.01	ND	ND	ND
H-9	28.00 ± 0.9	0.166 ± 0.001	2.42 ± 0.22	0.250 ± 0.003	0.042 ± 0.005	0.29 ± 0.00	1.10 ± 0.02	ND	ND	ND
H-10	2.48 ± 0.04	0.118 ± 0.002	3.10 ± 0.10	0.083 ± 0.001	0.048 ± 0.004	0.43 ± 0.01	1.88 ± 0.02	ND	ND	ND
H-11	3.78 ± 0.04	0.123 ± 0.001	2.88 ± 0.14	ND	0.055 ± 0.004	0.42 ± 0.01	2.19 ± 0.03	ND	ND	ND
H-12	3.88 ± 0.06	0.174 ± 0.002	2.89 ± 0.21	0.350 ± 0.003	0.06 ± 0.01	0.36 ± 0.01	1.94 ± 0.02	ND	ND	ND
Mean	4.10	0.89	2.32	0.07	0.024	0.40	1.19	0	0	0
Range	0.41–28	0.118–3.54	1.54–2.85	0.02–0.35	0.006–0.06	0.29–0.59	0.17–2.19	—	—	—

ND = not detected.