Determination of toxic and essential elements in sunflower honey from Thrace Region, Turkey

International Journal of Food Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 107-113

  Citak, Demirhan ^a   Silici, Sibel ^b   Tuzen, Mustafa ^a   Soylak, Mustafa ^b  

^a GAZIOSMANPASA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Atomic absorption spectrometry; Honey; Microwave digestion; Thrace region; Trace and toxic element

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS; HONEY; MICROWAVE DIGESTION; POLLUTED AREA; STANDARD REFERENCE MATERIAL; THRACE REGION; TOXIC ELEMENTS;

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; FOOD PRODUCTS; LEAD; MANGANESE; SELENIUM; TOXIC MATERIALS; TRACE ANALYSIS; ZINC;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

HELIANTHUS; LONCHOCARPUS CAPASSA;

EID: 83555179154     PISSN: 09505423     EISSN: 13652621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2621.2011.02814.x     Document Type: Article

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