title: "Metals in fresh honeys from Tenerife Island, Spain".
abstract: Ashes and contents of Zn, Cu, Fe, Cd and Pb in 140 fresh honey samples from three different areas of Tenerife Island were determined by inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry and graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry. A mean ash content of 0.35% has been determined. The mean Fe, Cu, Zn, Pb and Cd concentrations observed have been 3.37 mg kg(-1), 1.28 mg kg(-1), 2.83 mg kg(-1), 37.33 microg kg(-1), 4.38 microg kg(-1), respectively. A direct statistical correlation has been found between the Fe-Zn and Fe-Pb content, and between the Cd-Zn and Cd-Pb levels.
authors.affiliation: Department of Toxicology, University of La Laguna, La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands 38071, Spain.
authors.forename: Inmaculada
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Frías
authors.forename: Carmen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rubio
authors.forename: Tomás
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: González-Iglesias
authors.forename: Angel José
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Gutiérrez
authors.forename: Dailos
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: González-Weller
authors.forename: Arturo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hardisson
mesh_terms: D003300:Copper / Q000032:analysis*; D005506:Food Contamination / Q000032:analysis; D006722:Honey / Q000032:analysis*; D007501:Iron / Q000032:analysis*; D013030:Spain; D013054:Spectrophotometry, Atomic / Q000379:methods*; D015032:Zinc / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D003300:Copper; D007501:Iron; D015032:Zinc