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Minerals, Toxic Heavy Metals, and Antioxidant Properties of Honeys from Bangladesh

The study reports on major and trace elements as well as antioxidant properties of honey samples from Bangladesh. Four major cationic elements, seven trace elements, and three heavy metals were determined in the 12 honey samples using atomic absorption spectrophotometer. Nutritional values in thes...

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Main Authors: Paul, Sudip, Hossen, Md. Sakib, Tanvir, E. M., Afroz, Rizwana, Hossen, Delwar, Das, Sagarika, Bhoumik, Nikhil Chandra, Karim, Nurul, Matin, Farha Juliana, Siew , Hua Gan, Khalil, Md. Ibrahim
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Published: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2017
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R5-130.5 General works
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spelling my.usm.eprints.37083 http://eprints.usm.my/37083/ Minerals, Toxic Heavy Metals, and Antioxidant Properties of Honeys from Bangladesh Paul, Sudip Hossen, Md. Sakib Tanvir, E. M. Afroz, Rizwana Hossen, Delwar Das, Sagarika Bhoumik, Nikhil Chandra Karim, Nurul Matin, Farha Juliana Siew , Hua Gan Khalil, Md. Ibrahim R5-130.5 General works The study reports on major and trace elements as well as antioxidant properties of honey samples from Bangladesh. Four major cationic elements, seven trace elements, and three heavy metals were determined in the 12 honey samples using atomic absorption spectrophotometer. Nutritional values in these honey samples were further investigated according to their antioxidant properties. The content of major elements was in the range of 62.75–616.58, 579.48–2219.43, 69.42–632.25, and 0.13–1.20mg/kg for sodium, potassium, magnesium, and calcium, respectively. The trace elements varied in the range of 0.41–28, 0.12–3.54, 1.54–2.85, 0.29– 0.59, 0.02–0.35, and 0.01–0.06mg/kg for iron, zinc, copper, nickel, cobalt, and cadmium, respectively. Among the heavy metals, only lead (0.17–2.19 mg/kg) was detected.The results of antioxidant analysis based on phenolics, flavonoids, ascorbic acid, reducing sugar, and proteins (as nonphenolic antioxidants) revealed that multifloral raw honey samples contain significantly higher levels of reducing agents than monofloral and commercial brand honeys. The study provides a useful insight on the minerals, heavy metals, and antioxidant properties of honey samples commonly consumed in Bangladesh and found to be rich source of antioxidants and minerals. Some samples might pose some risk to the health due to lead contamination. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2017 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/37083/1/%28Minerals%2C_Toxic_Heavy_Metals%29_6101793.pdf Paul, Sudip and Hossen, Md. Sakib and Tanvir, E. M. and Afroz, Rizwana and Hossen, Delwar and Das, Sagarika and Bhoumik, Nikhil Chandra and Karim, Nurul and Matin, Farha Juliana and Siew , Hua Gan and Khalil, Md. Ibrahim (2017) Minerals, Toxic Heavy Metals, and Antioxidant Properties of Honeys from Bangladesh. Journal of Chemistry, 2017 (610179). pp. 1-11. ISSN 2090-9063 https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/6101793
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topic R5-130.5 General works
spellingShingle R5-130.5 General works
Paul, Sudip
Hossen, Md. Sakib
Tanvir, E. M.
Afroz, Rizwana
Hossen, Delwar
Das, Sagarika
Bhoumik, Nikhil Chandra
Karim, Nurul
Matin, Farha Juliana
Siew , Hua Gan
Khalil, Md. Ibrahim
Minerals, Toxic Heavy Metals, and Antioxidant Properties of Honeys from Bangladesh
description The study reports on major and trace elements as well as antioxidant properties of honey samples from Bangladesh. Four major cationic elements, seven trace elements, and three heavy metals were determined in the 12 honey samples using atomic absorption spectrophotometer. Nutritional values in these honey samples were further investigated according to their antioxidant properties. The content of major elements was in the range of 62.75–616.58, 579.48–2219.43, 69.42–632.25, and 0.13–1.20mg/kg for sodium, potassium, magnesium, and calcium, respectively. The trace elements varied in the range of 0.41–28, 0.12–3.54, 1.54–2.85, 0.29– 0.59, 0.02–0.35, and 0.01–0.06mg/kg for iron, zinc, copper, nickel, cobalt, and cadmium, respectively. Among the heavy metals, only lead (0.17–2.19 mg/kg) was detected.The results of antioxidant analysis based on phenolics, flavonoids, ascorbic acid, reducing sugar, and proteins (as nonphenolic antioxidants) revealed that multifloral raw honey samples contain significantly higher levels of reducing agents than monofloral and commercial brand honeys. The study provides a useful insight on the minerals, heavy metals, and antioxidant properties of honey samples commonly consumed in Bangladesh and found to be rich source of antioxidants and minerals. Some samples might pose some risk to the health due to lead contamination.
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author Paul, Sudip
Hossen, Md. Sakib
Tanvir, E. M.
Afroz, Rizwana
Hossen, Delwar
Das, Sagarika
Bhoumik, Nikhil Chandra
Karim, Nurul
Matin, Farha Juliana
Siew , Hua Gan
Khalil, Md. Ibrahim
author_facet Paul, Sudip
Hossen, Md. Sakib
Tanvir, E. M.
Afroz, Rizwana
Hossen, Delwar
Das, Sagarika
Bhoumik, Nikhil Chandra
Karim, Nurul
Matin, Farha Juliana
Siew , Hua Gan
Khalil, Md. Ibrahim
author_sort Paul, Sudip
title Minerals, Toxic Heavy Metals, and Antioxidant Properties of Honeys from Bangladesh
title_short Minerals, Toxic Heavy Metals, and Antioxidant Properties of Honeys from Bangladesh
title_full Minerals, Toxic Heavy Metals, and Antioxidant Properties of Honeys from Bangladesh
title_fullStr Minerals, Toxic Heavy Metals, and Antioxidant Properties of Honeys from Bangladesh
title_full_unstemmed Minerals, Toxic Heavy Metals, and Antioxidant Properties of Honeys from Bangladesh
title_sort minerals, toxic heavy metals, and antioxidant properties of honeys from bangladesh
publisher Hindawi Publishing Corporation
publishDate 2017
url http://eprints.usm.my/37083/1/%28Minerals%2C_Toxic_Heavy_Metals%29_6101793.pdf
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https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/6101793
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