WEST GEORGIAN HONEY CATIONS

Nona Abashidze; Maia Vanidze; Maia Kharadze; Indira Djaparidze; Aleko Kalandia

doi:10.12955/cbup.v6.1283

Nona Abashidze Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Health Care, Department of Chemistry, Batumi
Maia Vanidze Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Health Care, Department of Chemistry, Batumi
Maia Kharadze Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Health Care, Department of Chemistry, Batumi
Indira Djaparidze Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Health Care, Department of Chemistry, Batumi
Aleko Kalandia Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Health Care, Department of Chemistry, Batumi

DOI: https://doi.org/10.12955/cbup.v6.1283

Keywords: Chestnut, Lime (Tilia), Acacia, Spring and Autumn Polyfloral Honey, cations, HPLC, conductivity

Abstract

The present study was conducted to determine the content of four mineral elements in honeys originating from different regions of West Georgia. Sodium (Na), Potassium (K), Calcium (Ca), magnesium (Mg), and Ammonium (NH4+) were analyzed by HPLC-Conductivity, column “Cation” (3.9x150mm) solvent 0.1 mM EDTA 3mM HNO_3,following the microwave digestion of the honey. High mineral contents were observed in the investigated honeys with K, Na, Ca and Mg being the most abundant elements with mean concentrations in Chestnut honey 5000-7000 ppm, 56-150 ppm, 40-230 ppm, 25-130 ppm, respectively. In Lime (Tilia) honey - 2400-2600 ppm, 30-50 ppm, 160-180 ppm, 45-60 ppm, Acacia honey 300-500 ppm, 35-45 ppm, 85-95 ppm, 15-25 ppm, Field honey -750-930 ppm, 35-45 ppm, 75-130 ppm, 25-35 ppm, Spring polyflora honey - 630-650 ppm, 45-50 ppm, 280-300 ppm, 25-35 ppm, Autumn polyflora Honey – 2500-3000 ppm, 80-100 ppm, 250-300 ppm, 80-100 ppm respectively. The correlation dependence was between the content of cations in the honey and conductivity (Chestnut honey 1.4 µs/cm, Lime (Tilia), honey 0.5 µs/cm, Acacia honey 0.16 µs/cm, Field honey 0.55 µs/cm, Spring polyflora honey 1.2 µs/cm, Autumn polyflora Honey 1.3 µs/cm)

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