Assessment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in honey and propolis produced from various flowering trees and plants in Romania

Dobrinaș, Simona; Birghilă, Semaghiul; Coatu, Valentina

doi:10.1016/j.jfca.2007.07.003

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“…The results of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon content in honey obtained in our study correspond with data published by Perugini et al (2009) from Italy and are lower than PAH values in honey from Romania (Dobrinas et al 2008). Maximum residue levels (MRLs) for PAHs in honey are not set.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 78%

“…According to some authors, honey is considered an environmental marker due to its ability to contain harmful substances coming from polluted environment and beekeeping practices, e.g. trace elements (Conti and Botre 2001), pesticides (Blasco et al 2003), antibiotic residues (Hammel et al 2008), and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) (Dobrinas et al 2008). On the other hand, honeybees use their own detoxification mechanisms to decrease the content of harmful substances (Ferreira et al 2010;Niu et al 2011).…”

Section: Persistent Organic Pollutants Toxic Elements Hplc Atomic mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Inhaled air and foodstuffs represent the main exposure source of PAHs for most of the population (Alexander et al 2008). Data on the PAHs content in honey are very rare, nevertheless, some authors reported high concentrations of PAHs in honey (Dobrinas et al 2008). Trace concentration of metals in honey and their high variability are dependent very strongly on the botanical and geographical origin, and less on the climatic and seasonal criteria (Čelechovská and Vorlová 2001).…”

Section: Persistent Organic Pollutants Toxic Elements Hplc Atomic mentioning

confidence: 99%

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Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and risk elements in honey from the South Moravian region (Czech Republic)

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The aim of this study was to determine the actual content of some exogenous contaminants in the honey from the South Moravian region of the Czech Republic. The content of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and risk elements (Mercury -Hg, Cadmium -Cd, Lead -Pb, and Arsenic -As) in multifloral blossom and honey dew samples of honey were determined by high-performance liquid chromatography and atomic absorption spectroscopy methods. The samples were collected form beekeepers and from retail stores located in South Moravia in the Czech Republic. Concentrations of individual PAHs in honey samples ranged between 0.02 μg·kg . Acceptable limits for trace elements in infant formula were met. Results of this study complete present knowledge of the contaminant content in Czech honey and confirmed high quality and safety of honey from the South Moravian region. Persistent organic pollutants, toxic elements, HPLC, atomic absorption spectroscopy

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 78%

Section: Persistent Organic Pollutants Toxic Elements Hplc Atomic mentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Persistent Organic Pollutants Toxic Elements Hplc Atomic mentioning

confidence: 99%

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“…As botanical and geographical authentication has become a marked feature of the national and international honey trade, conformity evaluation laboratories and different research groups in Romania have taken steps to evaluate a larger portfolio of parameters to be used for the classification of honey samples, including geographical origin traceability [14][15][16][17][18][19][20].…”

Section: Legal Basis Of Honey Tradementioning

confidence: 99%

Romanian Honey: Characterization and Classification

Isopescu¹,

Josceanu²,

Colta³

et al. 2017

Honey Analysis

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Making a significant contribution to the European honey trade, Romania has been lately engaged in an exhaustive process of ensuring product conformity. Both official bodies and research groups have taken part in the efforts to establish an efficient framework for characterizing and authenticating unifloral and polyfloral honey samples produced and commercialized. Innovative contributions of different Romanian scientists to the development of simple and/or effective investigation techniques are discussed, as well as the results gained in characterizing and classifying samples according to their botanical and/ or geographical origin. Information on the honey production and commercialization in the last 25 years is also provided, as well as a sketch of the Romanian consumer profile.

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“…7 During the last decade, many studies concerning BaP monitoring in food and water have been developed. [8][9][10][11][12] However, only a few studies about BaP contamination of alcoholic beverages were published. Vol.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Optimization of the benzo(A)pyrene determination procedure in cachaça

Caruso¹,

Alaburda²

2009

J. Braz. Chem. Soc.

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Neste trabalho foi otimizada uma metodologia de rotina para quantificar e confirmar a presença de benzo(a)pireno (BaP) em cachaça. Foram avaliados três procedimentos de extração; um, utilizando extração em fase sólida (EFS) tanto para extração como para purificação e dois, empregando extração líquido-líquido, seguida de limpeza por cromatografia em coluna com sílica gel. O BaP foi quantificado por cromatografia líquida de alta eficiência (CLAE), com detecção por fluorescência e confirmação por cromatografia gasosa com detector de massas. The present study evaluated and optimized a routine method to quantify and confirm BaP in Brazilian sugar cane spirit (cachaça). Three extraction procedures were tested, one using SPE for extraction and clean-up, while two others were liquid-liquid partition extraction followed by silica gel chromatography clean-up. BaP was quantified by high performance liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection and confirmed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. HPLC detection and quantification limits were 0.03 and 0.10 μg L -1 , respectively. The recovery results ranged from 82.9 to 97.0% with coefficients of variation (CV) ranging from 0.5 to 4.9% at concentration levels of 0.1, 1.0 and 3.0 μg L -1 , which are in accordance with those described by other authors. The three procedures were appropriated to quantify BaP in cachaça, although SPE extraction is the cheapest, fastest and the least solvent-consuming. The levels of BaP contamination on twenty cachaça samples ranged from no detected (LOD < 0.03 μg L

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Assessment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in honey and propolis produced from various flowering trees and plants in Romania

Cited by 57 publications

References 22 publications

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and risk elements in honey from the South Moravian region (Czech Republic)

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and risk elements in honey from the South Moravian region (Czech Republic)

Romanian Honey: Characterization and Classification

Optimization of the benzo(A)pyrene determination procedure in cachaça

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