• Sandhya Divaklar
• K Vijaykumar

ASSESSMENT OF HEAVY METALS IN HONEY BY ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETER (AAS) Sandhya Divakar and K.Vijaykumar Department of Zoology Gulbarga University, Kalaburgi 585106 katepaga@rediffmail.com sandhyadivakarp@gmail.com ABSTRACT The present study was aimed to determine the heavy metals present in Honey samples from Kalaburgi region. The objective of the work is to determine distribution of the levels of selected heavy metals like iron, zinc, copper, manganese, arsenic, cadmium, molybdenum and aluminium. Total of 6 samples were collected and three samples are natural honey and three are packed honey. Natural honey was collected from different regions of Kalaburgi region, packed honey namely Dabur, Patanjali and Lion honey respectively. The analysis revealed the presence of Fe (0.031 ppm), As (0.0008 ppm), Al (-0.021ppm), Cd ( 0.0025 ppm), Mo ( 0.0015 ppm), Cu (-0.004 ppm), Zn (0.043 ppm) and Mn ( - 0.004 ppm). The contamination levels of of the heavy metals are found to be below detection level. The toxic level present in the Bee honey is the result of the micro polluting agents in the atmosphere. The results helped us to know that acceptable amounts of heavy metals are present in the honey. Thus the honey produced from natural and packed honey is suitable for human consumption.

Heavy metals, Honey samples, AAS, Kalaburgi Karnataka.

"ASSESSMENT OF HEAVY METALS IN HONEY BY ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETER (AAS)", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.505-507, June 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907I61.pdf

"ASSESSMENT OF HEAVY METALS IN HONEY BY ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETER (AAS)", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp505-507, June 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907I61.pdf