Determinação de constituintes inorgânicos em méis de abelha coletados no estado de Sergipe por espectrometria de absorção atômica com chama (FASS)

Abstract

The demand for healthy and natural products has grown, reason that the consumption of honey has increased in recent years, leading the search for quality and food safety of this product. Brazil stands out as world exporter of honey, due to the implantation of the National Plan for Control of Residues and Pollutants (PNCRC). In Sergipe there are approximately 1.000 beekeepers involved in the activity. Honey production that in the nineties had arrived to 30 tons, now reaches more than 500 tons per year. The objective of this study was to research the content of inorganic constituents (In the, K, Ca, Co, Faith, Ni, Mg, Mn and Pb) in honey bees Apis mellifera from four counties from the State of Sergipe - Poço Redondo, Japaratuba, Porto da Folha and Barra dos Coqueiros.. The analytes were determined by atomic absorption spectrometry (A.A.S.), Shimadzu brand, AA-6800 model, equipped with a flame atomizer and broker BGC-D2 background. The minimum and maximum values for the minerals were: Fe (9.35 49.82 mg kg-1), Mn (0.71 5.80 mg kg-1), Mg (7.82 112.63 mg kg-1), K (266.34 1299.39 mg kg-1), Na (14.21 174.84 mg kg-1) and Ca (20.04 81.71 mg kg-1). All were within maximum values recommended in the National and International legislation in force. It was also possible to supply subsidies to beekeepers and technicians about the specific characteristics of honey as a natural product unique.