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"Metals in fresh honeys from Tenerife Island, Spain".

Department of Toxicology, University of La Laguna, La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands 38071, Spain.
Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology (impact factor: 1.02). 02/2008; 80(1):30-3. DOI:10.1007/s00128-007-9301-9 pp.30-3
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ABSTRACT Ashes and contents of Zn, Cu, Fe, Cd and Pb in 140 fresh honey samples from three different areas of Tenerife Island were determined by inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry and graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry. A mean ash content of 0.35% has been determined. The mean Fe, Cu, Zn, Pb and Cd concentrations observed have been 3.37 mg kg(-1), 1.28 mg kg(-1), 2.83 mg kg(-1), 37.33 microg kg(-1), 4.38 microg kg(-1), respectively. A direct statistical correlation has been found between the Fe-Zn and Fe-Pb content, and between the Cd-Zn and Cd-Pb levels.

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Keywords

140 fresh honey samples
 
Ashes
 
Cd concentrations
 
Cd-Zn
 
different areas
 
direct statistical correlation
 
Fe-Pb content
 
Fe-Zn
 
graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry
 
mean ash content
 
plasma atomic emission spectrometry
 
Tenerife Island
 
Zn
 

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