Honey as a bioindicator of arsenic contamination due to volcanic and mining activities in Chile

Bastías-Montes, José Miguel; Jambon, Philippe; Muñoz, Ociel; Manquián, Nimia; Bahamonde, Patricia; Neira, Miguel Ángel Alonso

doi:10.4067/s0718-58392013000200010

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“…Cd content ranged between 0.02-0.03 mg/kg, Pb content was 0.03-0.66 mg/kg, and As content was in the range of 0.38-2.25 mg/kg, respectively. The average measured content for As in five sub-regions was higher than permitted by national legislation (< 0.5 mg/kg) and much higher than in samples from the Czech Republic (Batelková et al 2012) where the levels of As were between 0.001 and 0.004 mg/kg or from Chile (Bastías et al 2013) where they ranged from 0.002 mg/kg to 0.172 mg/kg. The high concentration of As is worrying, and this issue may be the subject of future research.…”

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Geographical origin of honey from eight sub-regions of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Alibabić¹,

Oraščanin²,

Vahčić³

2017

Czech J. Food Sci.

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Alibabić V., Oraščanin M., Vahčić N. (2017): Geographical origin of honey from eight sub-regions of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Czech J. Food Sci., 35: 488-495.Principal component analysis (PCA) and cluster analysis (CA) were used to define the geographical origin of three types of monofloral (chestnut, linden, and acacia), two types of multifloral (meadow and mixed), and forest honey produced over two consecutive harvest seasons in the Una-Sana Canton (Bosnia and Herzegovina), which is geographically divided into eight sub-regions. Statistical analysis was applied to the measurement of physico-chemical and sensory parameters, as well as micro-and macronutrient (K, Na, Mg, Zn, Fe, Mn, and Al) content, along with some heavy metals (Cd, Pb, and As). Using the PCA method the characteristic parameters for all eight sub-regions were determined, while the CA grouping method was used to determine the characteristic parameters for six sub-regions.

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Geographical origin of honey from eight sub-regions of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Alibabić¹,

Oraščanin²,

Vahčić³

2017

Czech J. Food Sci.

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“…The honey geographical affiliation is one of the main pricing factors. Honey consists of various sugars (mainly fructose and glucose), water, in addition, honey consists of proteins, free amino acids, minerals, enzymes, vitamins, organic acids and phenolic compounds [52,53,54,55,56,57,58]. Although many of these compounds are contained in small quantities, it is them that determine the individuality and specific honey characteristics.…”

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Modern Analysis Methods Use in Order to Establish the Geographic Origin of Food Products

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KEY WORDS: controlled origin place, isotopic mass spectrometry, elemental profile, stable isotope ratio A BST R ACT Food products with controlled geographical origin place are in special demand among consumers because of their specific properties, due to climatic, soil characteristics or other factors. The article provides an analysis of regulatory framework for legal goods protection with an indication of their origin place on the territory of the Russian Federation and in other countries. Existing authentication methods for this type of product are reviewed. Based on the analysis of scientific literature, the authors noted the most significant works aimed at confirming the authenticity of food products' origin place on the example of honey and meat products, which were carried out in the countries of the European Union, Australia, China, Brazil, South Africa, the USA and other countries. It is shown that the most widespread researches aimed at studying values of isotopic ratios of hydrogen ( 2 H/ 1 H), carbon ( 13 C/ 12 C), oxygen ( 18 O/ 16 O), nitrogen ( 15 N/ 14 N) and sulfur ( 34 S/ 32 S) in compounds contained in products that reflect the distribution of «light» and «heavy» isotopes during biological and geochemical processes within a single region. The analysis of the works aimed at studying the qualitative and quantitative composition of trace elements and rare earth metals (As, B, Ba, Cd, Li, Mn, Pd, Rb, Se, Te, Tl, Dy, U, etc.), as well as research of isotopic relations values of some elements ( 87 Sr/ 86 Sr, 207 Pb/ 206 Pb, etc.) in product samples and soils of studied region. The advantages of an integrated research approach, which includes the creation of data array of various indicators values and its in-depth analysis using chemometric algorithms and mathematical modeling methods, are shown.Despite the fact that values of such isotopic ratios as 87 Sr/ 86 Sr, 207 Pb/ 206 Pb, 208 Pb/ 206 Pb, and 204 Pb/ 206 Pb are also quite informative indicators when determining food products territorial affiliation, their scientists use much less often [65]. ConclusionThe results of numerous researches show that studying isotopic ratios of the main biophilic elements and elemental profile are powerful tools in confirming geographical origin place of food products. The values of isotopic ratios of hydrogen ( 2 H/ 1 H), carbon ( 13 C/ 12 C), oxygen ( 18 O/ 16 O), nitrogen ( 15 N/ 14 N) and sulfur ( 34 S/ 32 S) in compounds that make up food products are largely determined by climatic and geographical conditions of raw materials growth region. The qualitative and quantitative composition of trace elements and rare-earth metals (As, B, Ba, Cd, Li, Mn, Pd, Rb, Se, Te, Tl, Dy, U, etc.), as well as values of isotopic ratios of some metals ( 87 Sr/ 86 Sr, 207 Pb/ 206 Pb, etc.) reflect the specific terroir of researched region. Using the described research methods in combination with the methods of mathematical results processing (ANOVA, PCA, LDA, etc.) allows to confirm with high accuracy of the product belongs to spe...

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“…The resulting pellet was mounted on slides for microscopy, followed by the identification and counting of the pollen grains that compose the pollen spectrum of the sample. The pollen types were identified using specialized literature, such as Barth (1989), Roubik and Moreno (1991), Punt et al (2007) and consulting database and images of the Palinoteca of the Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia, Brazil. Frequency class of each pollen type was determined according to Louveaux et al (1978), classified as: Predominant Pollen ( PP-> 45% of total grains), Secondary Pollen (SP-16 to 45%), Important Minor Pollen (IMP -3 to 15%) and Minor Pollen (MP -< 3%).…”

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Honey from Stingless Bee as Indicator of Contamination with Metals

Nascimento¹,

Chambó²,

Oliveira³

et al. 2018

Sociobiology

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Melipona scutellaris (Apidae, Meliponini) is one of the main species of stingless bees used in beekeeping in the Northeast of Brazil. We examined the honey from M. scutellaris as an indicator to evaluate the levels of metals at sampling sites subject to a broad spectrum of environmental pollutants. The collections were carried out in the urban-industrial area of Salvador, Bahia and the metropolitan region. Samples (n= 58) were submitted to the nitroperchloric digestion procedure. We used the inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry technique (ICP OES) to determine the concentration of metals (Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn, Mo, Ni, Pb and Zn) in the samples. The studied metals were detected among the samples, which presented tolerable levels according to current Brazilian legislation and recommendations from the World Health Organization (WHO), except for Cr, which presented mean values higher than the threshold for all sampling sites. The detection of the analyzed metals indicates that the honey of M. scutellaris is a useful tool to evaluate the presence of environmental contaminants; therefore, it can be considered a good indicator of environmental contamination for monitoring a particular region and preventing issues due to the release of metals into the environment.

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Honey as a bioindicator of arsenic contamination due to volcanic and mining activities in Chile

Cited by 14 publications

References 33 publications

Geographical origin of honey from eight sub-regions of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Geographical origin of honey from eight sub-regions of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Modern Analysis Methods Use in Order to Establish the Geographic Origin of Food Products

Honey from Stingless Bee as Indicator of Contamination with Metals

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