Discrimination of Tunisian Honey by Mineral and Trace Element Chemometrics Profiling

The concentrations of 19 chemical elements have been determined in 36 honey samples of different botanical (wildflower, eucalyptus, eucalyptus red flowers, prickly pears, lemon blossom, thyme, almond, rosemary and jujube) honeys from the three geographical areas of Tunisia (Sidi Bouzid, Nabeul and S...

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Published in:Foods Vol. 10; no. 4; p. 724
Main Authors: Di Bella, Giuseppa, Potortì, Angela Giorgia, Beltifa, Asma, Ben Mansour, Hedi, Nava, Vincenzo, Lo Turco, Vincenzo
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 29.03.2021
MDPI
Subjects:
almonds
atomic absorption spectrometry
Beekeeping
Calibration
Chemical elements
chemometric analysis
Chemometrics
Consumption
dietary exposure
Eucalyptus
Expected values
Flowers
Food consumption
Food science
Geographical distribution
Health risks
Honey
ICP-MS
Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry
lemons
Mass spectrometry
Mass spectroscopy
mineral elements
minerals
Nutritive value
Prickly pears
provenance
rosemary
thyme
toxicity
Trace elements
Trace elements (nutrients)
Tunisia
wild flowers
Ziziphus
United States > US
Italy
Tunisia
chemometric analysis
trace elements
dietary exposure
honey
mineral elements
ICP-MS
Tunisia
ISSN:2304-8158, 2304-8158
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Summary:The concentrations of 19 chemical elements have been determined in 36 honey samples of different botanical (wildflower, eucalyptus, eucalyptus red flowers, prickly pears, lemon blossom, thyme, almond, rosemary and jujube) honeys from the three geographical areas of Tunisia (Sidi Bouzid, Nabeul and Sfax) using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). The aim of this work was to use the multielement analysis together with chemometric tools to verify the botanical and the geographical origin of honeys. The correlation on the basis of mineral element content between the honey samples and their botanical and/or geographical origins was in some measure achieved. The data collected on the samples were also used to evaluate the nutritional quality and the potential health risks associated with elements via consumption of the Tunisian honey. According to the results obtained, the intake of essential elements was small, and the potential health risks associated with toxic or potentially toxic elements via consumption of this food were overall insignificant.
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ISSN:2304-8158
2304-8158
DOI:10.3390/foods10040724