TY  - JOUR
AU  - Jovetić, Milica S.
AU  - Redzepovic, Azra S.
AU  - Nedić, Nebojša M.
AU  - Vojt, Denis
AU  - Đurđić, Slađana Z.
AU  - Brčeski, Ilija
AU  - Milojković-Opsenica, Dušanka
PY  - 2018
UR  - https://cherry.chem.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/2229
AB  - To contribute to the development of urban beekeeping, we designed this study to obtain more information about the contamination of urban bee products with toxic metals, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), and pesticides. The samples of honey (N=23), pollen (N=13), and floral nectar (N=6) were collected from the experimental stationary apiary of the Belgrade University Faculty of Agriculture located in centre of Zemun (a municipality of the Belgrade metropolitan area) in 2015 and 2016. Metals (Pb, Cd, As, Cu, Zn, Fe, Mn, Ni, Cr, and Hg) were determined with inductively coupled plasma quadrupole mass spectrometry (ICP-QMS). Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) were analysed with high-performance liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection (HPLC-FLD). Pesticides were analysed with gas chromatography - mass spectrometry (GC-MS). The honey samples were generally within the European and Serbian regulatory limits. The levels of all the 123 analysed pesticides were below the limit of quantification (LOQ). Regarding PAH levels in honey, the highest content was found for naphthalene. The elevated levels of Hg and Cr and of PAHs in the pollen samples indicated air pollution. Pesticide residues in pollen, however, were below the LOQ. In nectar, metal levels were relatively similar to those in honey. Our results suggest that the investigated urban honey meets the regulatory requirements for metals, PAHs, and pesticides and is therefore safe for consumption.
PB  - Inst Medical Research & Occupational Health, Zagreb
T2  - Arhiv za higijenu rada i toksikologiju
T1  - Urban honey - the aspects of its safety
VL  - 69
IS  - 3
SP  - 264
EP  - 274
DO  - 10.2478/aiht-2018-69-3126
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Jovetić, Milica S. and Redzepovic, Azra S. and Nedić, Nebojša M. and Vojt, Denis and Đurđić, Slađana Z. and Brčeski, Ilija and Milojković-Opsenica, Dušanka",
year = "2018",
abstract = "To contribute to the development of urban beekeeping, we designed this study to obtain more information about the contamination of urban bee products with toxic metals, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), and pesticides. The samples of honey (N=23), pollen (N=13), and floral nectar (N=6) were collected from the experimental stationary apiary of the Belgrade University Faculty of Agriculture located in centre of Zemun (a municipality of the Belgrade metropolitan area) in 2015 and 2016. Metals (Pb, Cd, As, Cu, Zn, Fe, Mn, Ni, Cr, and Hg) were determined with inductively coupled plasma quadrupole mass spectrometry (ICP-QMS). Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) were analysed with high-performance liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection (HPLC-FLD). Pesticides were analysed with gas chromatography - mass spectrometry (GC-MS). The honey samples were generally within the European and Serbian regulatory limits. The levels of all the 123 analysed pesticides were below the limit of quantification (LOQ). Regarding PAH levels in honey, the highest content was found for naphthalene. The elevated levels of Hg and Cr and of PAHs in the pollen samples indicated air pollution. Pesticide residues in pollen, however, were below the LOQ. In nectar, metal levels were relatively similar to those in honey. Our results suggest that the investigated urban honey meets the regulatory requirements for metals, PAHs, and pesticides and is therefore safe for consumption.",
publisher = "Inst Medical Research & Occupational Health, Zagreb",
journal = "Arhiv za higijenu rada i toksikologiju",
title = "Urban honey - the aspects of its safety",
volume = "69",
number = "3",
pages = "264-274",
doi = "10.2478/aiht-2018-69-3126"
}

Jovetić, M. S., Redzepovic, A. S., Nedić, N. M., Vojt, D., Đurđić, S. Z., Brčeski, I.,& Milojković-Opsenica, D.. (2018). Urban honey - the aspects of its safety. in Arhiv za higijenu rada i toksikologiju
Inst Medical Research & Occupational Health, Zagreb., 69(3), 264-274.
https://doi.org/10.2478/aiht-2018-69-3126

Jovetić MS, Redzepovic AS, Nedić NM, Vojt D, Đurđić SZ, Brčeski I, Milojković-Opsenica D. Urban honey - the aspects of its safety. in Arhiv za higijenu rada i toksikologiju. 2018;69(3):264-274.
doi:10.2478/aiht-2018-69-3126 .

Jovetić, Milica S., Redzepovic, Azra S., Nedić, Nebojša M., Vojt, Denis, Đurđić, Slađana Z., Brčeski, Ilija, Milojković-Opsenica, Dušanka, "Urban honey - the aspects of its safety" in Arhiv za higijenu rada i toksikologiju, 69, no. 3 (2018):264-274,
https://doi.org/10.2478/aiht-2018-69-3126 . .