Pollen, Physicochemical, and Mineral Analysis of Croatian Acacia Honey Samples: Applicability for Identification of Botanical and Geographical Origin

Table 4

Micro and macro elements in the soil from three Croatian regions, according to the proportion percentage (%), average concentrations , and the range of concentrations (mg/kg).

	Elements	K; (mg/kg)	Ca; (mg/kg)	Na; (mg/kg)	Mg; (mg/kg)	Zn; (mg/kg)	Al; (mg/kg)	Fe; (mg/kg)	Cu; (mg/kg)	Mn; (mg/kg)	Ni; (mg/kg)	Pb; (mg/kg)	Cd; (mg/kg)	Total; (mg/kg)
Northwest Croatia		631.07	3612.90	470.59	2756.72	74.50	10275.43	22758.97	17.56	566.78	27.79	12.57	0.23	41205.11
		204.01	1712.93	139.24	595.39	20.62	3490.90	7446.24	5.55	270.32	11.92	2.62	0.18
	(%)	1.51	8.75	1.14	6.61	0.18	24.72	55.56	0.04	1.38	0.07	0.03	0.001
East Croatia		1877.05	4203.75	794.87	5543.13	69.70	13968.22	21355.23	14.62	485.37	18.10	13.86	0.20	48344.11
		746.89	2227.66	466.75	2339.62	37.14	4766.93	5497.27	4.79	186.05	5.06	6.92	0.09
	(%)	3.88	8.70	1.64	11.47	0.001	28.89	44.17	0.03	1.00	0.04	0.03	0.00
Istria		1486.06	5395.99	492.29	1837.02	88.60	23350.70	30842.30	37.59	765.87	50.83	23.64	0.31	64371.18
		909.56	6573.05	132.49	651.04	36.62	18021.97	8740.09	15.97	232.71	18.40	9.15	0.36
	(%)	2.31	8.38	0.77	2.85	0.14	36.28	47.91	0.06	1.19	0.08	0.04	0.00
Summary		1331.39	4404.21	585.92	3378.96	77.60	15864.78	24985.50	23.26	606.01	32.24	16.69	0.25	51306.80
		620.15	3504.55	246.16	1195.35	31.46	8759.93	7227.87	8.77	229.69	11.79	6.23	0.21
	(%)	2.60	8.58	1.14	6.59	0.15	30.92	48.70	0.05	1.18	0.06	0.03	0.00
	Min–max	631.07–1877.05	3612.90–5395.99	470.59–794.87	1837.02–5543.13	69.70–88.60	10275.43–23350.70	21355.23–30842.30	14.62–37.59	485.37–765.87	18.10–50.83	12.57–23.64	0.20–0.31
	Min–max %	1.51–3.88	8.38–8.75	0.77–1.64	2.85–11.47	0.001–0.18	28.29–36.28	44.17–55.56	0.03–0.06	1.00–1.38	0.04–0.08	0.03–0.04	0.001–0.001

: arithmetic mean; σ: standard deviation.