Honey and bee pollen produced by Meliponini (Apidae) in Alagoas, Brazil: multivariate analysis of physicochemical and antioxidant profiles

Duarte, Alysson Wagner Fernandes; Vasconcelos, Maria Raphaella dos Santos; Oda-Souza, Melissa; Oliveira, Favízia Freitas de; López, Ana Maria Queijeiro

doi:10.1590/fst.09317

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“…Bárbara et al (2015) reported similar results indicating that the mean moisture, ash, pH, titratable acidity levels of 21 bee pollen (Melipona mandacaia) samples collected from two different regions of Bahia and Brazil were 36.0%, 4.9%, 3.49, and 146 meq•kg −1 , respectively. Duarte et al (2018) found similar pH values for bee pollen produced in the Alagoas, Northeast region of Brazil by M. subnitida and T. clavipes respectively 4.9 and 5.9.…”

Section: Physicochemical Propertiessupporting

confidence: 55%

In-vitro bioaccessibility of antioxidant properties of bee pollen in Turkey

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The study aims to determine certain physicochemical properties (moisture, ash, titratable acidity, pH, and color), total phenolic content, antioxidant capacity (CUPRAC, ABTS, DPPH) and bioaccessibility of 20 bee pollen samples (10 unpackaged and 10 trademarked products in their original packages) sold in Turkey. The total phenolic content of the bee pollen samples was detected as 147.10-462.02 mg GAE/g and bioaccessibility ranged from 36.91% to 77.87%. The highest total value for antioxidant capacity was assessed as 83.24-257.27 μmol TE/g by the CUPRAC method. When the bioaccessibility of the antioxidant capacity of bee pollen was compared among the methods, the highest value (95.76%) was obtained for the sample M by the CUPRAC method. Antioxidant capacity and bioaccessibility of the unpackaged bee pollen samples were lower than those of the trademarked products. Based on overall evaluations, it can be deduced that bee pollen known for its potential beneficial effects on health may well be used as a functional food additive in the production of various food products with its high antioxidant and bioaccessibility features.

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Section: Physicochemical Propertiessupporting

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In-vitro bioaccessibility of antioxidant properties of bee pollen in Turkey

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“…The lowest electrical conductivity values were recorded in honey samples (142.8-198.8 µS/cm). Other researchers reported that the electrical conductivity of Brazilian honey ranged from 300 to 1400 µS/cm [28]. The observed differences allowed to assume that electrical conductivity, together with other physicochemical properties of bee products, depend on biological and geographical origin.…”

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“…Bee pollen samples distinguished by the highest pH values (4.30-5.22), while the lowest pH values ranging from 3.57 to 4.06 were determined in royal jelly samples. Other studies in literature showed that the pH values of bee pollen varied from 4.3 to 5.9 [27,28], honey from 3.6 to 5.6 [21,29], propolis from 4.7 to 5.3 [21], beebread from 3.8 to 4.3 [12,13] and royal jelly from 3.4 to 4.5 [30,31]. As it can be seen, the results of this research coincide with the data published by other authors.…”

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Comparison of Physicochemical Properties of Bee Pollen with Other Bee Products

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The aim of this study was to compare the physichochemical composition of various bee products, namely, bee pollen, beebread, propolis, honey, and royal jelly. The samples (37 out of 53) were collected in Lithuania, several samples from other Europe countries (Italy, Denmark, Sweden, Slovakia, Poland, Spain, Republic of Malta, The Netherlands, Latvia, Ukraine) were used for comparison. Various quantities, such as pH, electrical conductivity, oxidation-reduction potential, NaCl content, refraction index, Brix value, total phenolic compound content, total flavonoid content and antiradical activity were measured. Together with the mentioned, the content of micro- and macroelements (As, Ba, Ca, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, K, Mg, Mn, Na, Ni, P, Pb, Se, Sr, V and Zn), ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy absorption spectra were analysed. To our knowledge, the literature data about comprehensive comparison of various characteristics of bee products are scarce. Also, to the best of our knowledge, this is the first study revealing mineral content in Lithuanian bee pollen, beebread and royal jelly. The study exposed that bee pollen not only showed the highest values of pH, electrical conductivity and content of soluble solids, but also distinguished from the other samples by the highest flavonoid content (up to 48.3 mg/10 g), the absence of Cr, the presence of Co (0.011–0.100 mg/kg) and Sr (0.73–5.37 mg/kg) and the highest content of Ca (997–2455 mg/kg) and Mg (644–1004 mg/kg). Hierarchical clustering analysis was applied to group the tested samples according to the physicochemical analysis results and mineral content. The clustering analysis revealed that bee pollen formed separate group with the highest distance from the other samples in both cases.

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“…It has been reported that bee pollen is rich in phenolic compounds and it acts as a free radical scavenger and lipid peroxidation inhibitor originating from flavonoids it contains and it has antioxidant properties [30]. Duarte et al in their study to determine the physicochemical and antioxidant profiles of honey and pollen produced by honey bees (Apis mellifera scutellata) in Brazil, the highest total phenolics value in honey collected from natural areas was 1.36 mgGAEq/g and 21 mg in pollen [31]. In another study, the total phenolic content in honey has been reported as 15.84 mg/100 g [32].…”

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Flowers, Pollen and Honey for Use in the Treatment of Parkinson`s Disease

Topal¹,

Bulduk²,

Mut³

et al. 2020

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Honey is nectar collected from plants and produced by honeybees Apis mellifera. It has variable sensory and bioochemical properties due to climate and environmental conditions as well as the different origins of the plants in which it is harvested. Studies have shown that the antioxidant potential of honey varies greatly with the source of flowers. Vicia faba L. also known in Turkey as `bakla,` is a genus of the family Fabaceae that is widely grown in Asia. It is abundant in L-DOPA, a therapeutic agent used in Parkinson`s disease diagnosis. In this study, a sample of honey has been obtained from a monofloral source in the greenhouse environment where only vicia faba l. was found. The biochemical properties and antioxidant activities of this honey sample were studied. Vicia faba L. flowers grown in greenhouse conditions and pollen and honey produced by bees fed from this flowers were analyzed with HPLC method. The results were quite surprising. L-DOPA content is 4.23% in flowers, 0.98% in pollen and 0.076% in honey. This leads to the conclusion that Parkinson`s patients can continue treatment by using only pollen and honey produced by bees that feed on Vicia faba L. flowers. In addition, antioxidant activity of flowers, pollen and honey was analyzed by spectrophotometric methods. Parallel results were obtained with the results previously studies.

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Honey and bee pollen produced by Meliponini (Apidae) in Alagoas, Brazil: multivariate analysis of physicochemical and antioxidant profiles

Cited by 30 publications

References 34 publications

In-vitro bioaccessibility of antioxidant properties of bee pollen in Turkey

In-vitro bioaccessibility of antioxidant properties of bee pollen in Turkey

Comparison of Physicochemical Properties of Bee Pollen with Other Bee Products

Flowers, Pollen and Honey for Use in the Treatment of Parkinson`s Disease

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