High hydroxycinnamic acids contents in fennel honey produced in Southern Italy.

A total of 122 honey samples ( ssp. Ligustica) collected from Southern Italy were examined for floral identification by melissopalynological examination and for polyphenols detection by an LC-ESI-Orbitrap -MS/MS method. The melissopalynological examination confirmed all the samples examined as fennel () unifloral variety.

Survey on the presence of non-dioxine-like PCBs (NDL-PCBs) in loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) stranded in south Mediterranean coasts (Sicily, Southern Italy).

A total of 71 loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) stranded along the coasts of Sicily (Southern Italy) were examined for non-dioxine like polychlorinated biphenyl (NDL-PCB) levels in muscle and adipose tissue by a gas chromatography-mass spectrometry/mass spectrometry (GC-MS/MS) method. The results revealed 6 high-indicator congener (∑ PCB ) levels in 45% of the loggerhead turtles examined, with mean values of 980.39 ± 2508.