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Title: | Differentiating Wild and Apiary Honey by Elemental Profiling: a Case Study from Mangroves of Indian Sundarban |
Authors: | Gaine, Tanushree CHAKRABARTY, SOUPARNA et al. Dept. of Biology |
Keywords: | Honey Elemental profiling Indian Sundarbans Apiary ICP-OES 2021-DEC-WEEK3 TOC-DEC-2021 2021 |
Issue Date: | Dec-2021 |
Publisher: | Springer Nature |
Citation: | Biological Trace Element Research. |
Abstract: | Honey is a natural substance produced by honeybees from the nectar or secretion of flowering plants. Along with the botanical and geographical origin, several environmental factors also play a major role in determining the characteristics of honey. The aim of this study is to determine and compare the elemental concentration of various macro and trace elements in apiary and wild honeys collected from different parts of Indian Sundarbans. The elemental analysis was performed in inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectroscopy preceded by microwave digestion method. The concentrations of 19 elements (Ag, Al, As, B, Ca, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, K, Li, Mg, Mn, Na, Ni, Pb, Se and Zn) were investigated from thirteen locations of Indian Sundarbans. This comparative study shows in wild honey samples, the concentration of K was highest followed by Ca, Mg and Na and Zn was lowest among all. In contrast, in apiary honey samples, Ca had maximum concentration followed by K, Mg and Na and Ag had minimum among all. The elemental concentration in honey from apiary was either equal or higher than their wild counterpart. The results of the factor analysis of PCA algorithm for wild and apiary honey samples were highly variable which implies that the elements are not coming from the same origin. The concentration of element was found to be highly variable across sites and across sources of honey samples. |
URI: | http://dr.iiserpune.ac.in:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/6466 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12011-021-03043-z |
ISSN: | 0163-4984 1559-0720 |
Appears in Collections: | JOURNAL ARTICLES |
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