Exploring the Influence of Soil Types on the Mineral Profile of Honey: Implications for Geographical Origin Prediction
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2024-07-26
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Schmidlová, Simona
Javůrková, Zdeňka
Tremlová, Bohuslava
Hernik, Józef
Prus, Barbara
Marcinčák, Slavomír
Marcinčáková, Dana
Štarha, Pavel
Čížková, Helena
Kružík, Vojtěch
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Mark
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Honey contains a wide range of inorganic substances. Their content can be influenced, i.e., by the type of soil on which the bee pasture is located. As part of this study, the mineral profile of 32 samples of honey from hobby beekeepers from the Czech Republic wasevaluated and then compared with soil types in the vicinity of the beehive location. Pearson's correlation coefficient was used to express the relationship between mineral substances and soil type. There was a high correlation between antroposol and Zn (R = 0.98), Pb (R = 0.96), then between ranker and Mn (0.95), then regosol and Al (R = 0.97) (p < 0.05). A high negative correlation was found between regosol and Mg (R = -0.97), Cr (R = -0.98) and between redzinas and Al (R = -0.97) (p < 0.05). Both positive and negative high correlations were confirmed for phaeozem. The CART method subsequently proved that the characteristic elements for individual soil types are B, Ca, Mg, Ni, and Mn. The soil types of cambisol, fluvisol, gleysol, anthrosol, and kastanozem had the closest relationship with the elements mentioned, and it can therefore be assumed that their occurrence indicates the presence of these soil types within the range of beehive location.
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