Heavy metal analysis and fourier transform infrared spectroscopy characterization of selected wild honey from Davao Region, Philippines

• Main Author: Tanael, Joanna Monique G.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2018
• Subjects: Honey; Heavy metals; Chemistry
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/2963
• Institution: De La Salle University

Honey is a honeybee product primarily composed of sugars. Heavy metals are metalloids commonly associated with pollution and toxicity. Because honeybees and their products have been known to be good bio-indicators for heavy metal pollution, the heavy metal concentration in honey may indicate the pre...