Fast determination of cations in honey by capillary electrophoresis: a possible method for geographic origin discrimination.

This study reports the development and validation of a fast capillary electrophoresis method for cation determination in honey samples and the classification of honey by geographical origin using Principal Components Analysis (PCA). The background electrolyte (BGE) was optimized using the Peakmaster(®) software, which evaluates the tendency of the analytes to undergo electromigration dispersion and the BGE buffer capacity and conductivity. The final BGE composition was defined as 30 mmol L(-1) imidazole, 300 mmol L(-1) acetic acid and 140 mmol L(-1) Lactic acid, at pH 3,0, and the separation of K(+), Na(+), Ca(2+), Mg(2+) and Mn(2+) using Ba(2+) as the internal standard was achieved in less than 2 min.

Development of a fast capillary electrophoresis method for determination of carbohydrates in honey samples.

In this study, the determination of fructose, glucose and sucrose by capillary electrophoresis (CE) was investigated. The tendency of the analyte to undergo electromigration dispersion and the buffer capacity were evaluated using the Peakmaster(®) software and considered in the optimization of the background electrolyte, which was composed of 20 mmol L(-1) sorbic acid, 0.2 mmol L(-1) CTAB and 40 mmol L(-1) NaOH at pH 12.