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. 2023 Oct 27;9(11):e21311. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e21311

Table 5.

Average concentrations (mg kg−1) of the suspect screening analytes.


Botanical origin of honey (number of samples)
Analyte Pine (N = 3) Fir (N = 4) Oak (N = 2) Thyme (N = 4) Heather (N = 3) Orange (N = 3) Sage (N = 3) Chestnut (N = 2) Arbutus (N = 4) Carob (N = 2)
2,5-Dimethyl furan 0.043 0.11 0.17 0.099 0.027 0.014 0.015 0.18 1.5 0.066
Octene 0.14 0.17 0.11 0.074 0.025 ND ND 0.21 0.016 ND
3-Hepten-2-one ND ND ND 0.0079 ND 0.29 0.052 0.0097 ND 0.014
Prenol 0.15 0.14 0.19 0.078 0.16 0.10 0.13 0.20 0.16 0.091
2,3-Butanediol 1.1 0.19 9.2 0.13 0.099 0.12 0.41 4.4 1.0 0.23
3-Furaldehyde 0.19 0.46 0.10 0.52 1.6 0.55 0.29 0.24 0.48 0.30
3-methylbutanoic acid 0.69 0.17 0.38 0.89 0.32 ND 0.30 0.61 0.11 1.11
2-Furanmethanol 0.12 0.12 0.36 0.038 0.084 0.024 0.039 0.22 0.19 0.092
α-Pinene 0.14 0.038 0.039 0.0031 0.071 ND 0.015 0.016 0.010 0.032
Methyl hexanoate 0.017 0.026 0.021 0.029 0.021 0.021 0.022 0.028 0.025 0.023
Furan-2-pentyl 0.32 0.34 0.71 1.5 0.27 0.15 0.65 0.57 0.92 0.51
1-octen-3-ol 0.71 0.67 0.90 0.51 0.94 ND 0.92 0.60 0.48 1.2
6-Methyl-5-hepten-2-one ND 0.11 0.079 0.20 0.12 1.1 ND ND ND 0.074
Limonene 0.013 0.0061 0.0031 0.019 0.0039 0.011 0.0048 0.021 0.0061 0.011
β-Isophorone ND ND ND ND 0.19 ND ND ND 4.7 ND
Benzeneacetaldehyde 1.7 1.3 1.5 16 3.8 2.0 20 2.6 1.7 1.6
2-Nonanone 0.052 0.091 0.044 0020 ND ND ND 0.057 0.029 0.018
Acetophenone 0.067 0.055 0.068 0.073 0.087 ND 0.10 0.94 ND 0.054
Linalool 0.32 0.71 1.6 0.29 0.27 1.7 1.7 0.76 0.16 2.5
Methyl octanoate 0.058 0.049 0.077 0.036 0.031 0.019 0.034 0.061 0.046 0.063
Methyl benzoate 0.035 0.021 0.090 0.015 0.49 ND 0.013 0.057 0.016 ND
Hotrienol 0.11 0.083 0.54 0.54 0.14 0.49 0.31 1.5 0.40 5.7
Phenylethyl alcohol 0.027 0.026 0.038 0.34 0.030 0.021 0.035 0.041 0.038 0.035
Lilac aldehyde (Isomer) ND 0.25 ND 0.28 ND 2.4 0.19 0.31 ND 0.14
Ethyl benzoate ND 0.069 ND ND 0.87 ND ND 0.31 0.56 0.12
Dill ether ND ND ND ND ND 11 ND ND ND ND
Methyl nonanoate 0.085 0.074 0.062 0.048 0.037 0.028 0.052 0.082 0.043 0.13
Myrtenol 0.24 ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND
4-Methoxybenzaldehyde ND ND ND 0.23 3.7 ND ND ND ND ND
2-Aminoacetophenone ND ND 0.030 ND ND ND ND 1.2 ND ND
Methyl anthranilate ND ND ND ND ND 1.7 ND ND ND ND

ND: Non-Detected (<LOD).