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

Table 5

Quantitative estimation of phytochemicals and the antioxidant potential of honey samples from Bangladesh.

Sample	Polyphenol; (mg GAEs/kg)	Flavonoid; (mg CEs/kg)	AA; (mg/g)	Reducing sugar; (g/100 g)	Protein; (mg/g)	FRAP; (µM Fe[II]/kg honey)	SC50 of DPPH inhibition; (mg/mL)
H-1	860.43 ± 0.00	66.67 ± 2.38	0.30 ± 0.05	66.67 ± 3.33	13.94 ±0.28	400.00 ± 7.00	0.79
H-2	740.65 ± 5.83	119.04 ± 1.74	0.85 ± 0.05	68.33 ± 1.67	15.24 ± 0.09	745.00 ± 3.00	8.00
H-3	628.00 ± 4.89	124.40 ± 0.59	0.70 ± 0.11	36.67 ± 3.33	23.31 ± 0.97	517.00 ± 0.00	7.61
H-4	508.42 ± 4.41	92.85 ± 4.76	0.55 ± 0.01	78.33 ± 3.37	13.75 ±1.08	477.00 ± 2.00	16.47
H-5	882.00 ± 5.61	71.42 ± 4.76	0.59 ± 0.01	68.33 ± 1.67	17.5 ± 1.14	857.00 ± 2.00	0.52
H-6	292.03 ± 3.06	9.52 ± 0.00	0.26 ± 0.02	43.67 ± 5.76	9.71 ± 0.17	440.00 ± 2.00	2.14
H-7	208.24 ± 4.24	19.04 ± 0.00	0.29 ± 0.03	53.00± 7.87	10.11 ± 0.22	470.00 ± 5.00	8.51
H-8	497.80 ± 2.56	39.88 ± 0.59	0.25 ± 0.01	58.02 ± 3.33	12.81 ± 0.45	410.00 ± 3.00	24.28
H-9	535.71 ± 1.09	102.38 ± 2.38	0.36 ± 0.06	69.67 ± 6.67	17.71 ± 1.75	715.00 ± 0.00	0.32
H-10	361.17 ± 6.59	41.67 ± 1.19	0.25 ± 0.02	66.67 ± 1.50	27.70 ± 0.00	510.00 ± 6.00	7.42
H-11	485.00 ± 3.48	85.71 ± 0.00	0.46 ± 0.01	75.01 ± 8.30	33.02 ± 0.74	500.00 ± 3.00	12.26
H-12	497.00 ± 4.40	90.47 ± 0.00	0.40 ± 0.00	82.00 ± 5.67	19.37 ± 0.34	385.00 ± 1.01	16.01
Mean	541.44	71.88	0.43	64.94	17.79	535.50	8.69
Range	208.24–882.00	9.52–124.40	0.25–0.85	36.67–82.00	9.71–33.02	385.00–857.00	0.32–24.28

Data are expressed as the mean values ± standard deviation (SD).
Different letters in each column indicate significant differences (p < 0.05).