Determination of protein levels and amıno acid composition of bee pollen collected from different geographical regions of Turkey

Abstract

In this study, determination of the amino acid profile of bee pollen produced in different parts of Turkey and performed to determine the protein level. The research was carried out with a total of 90 specimens from East-Southeast Anatolia, Central Anatolia, Black Sea, Marmara, Aegean and Mediterranean. According to the analysis results, alanine (143,40 ± 0,0) in bee pollen on mg / g basis, arginine (34,45 ± 0.0), histidine (32,55 ± 0.09), isoleucine (20,94 ± 1,24), leucine (23, 75 ± 1.27), lysine (31.15 ± 0.43), methionine (39.10 ± 1.32), phenylalanine (20.09 ± 0.95), proline (309.05 ± 28.56) and valine (15.79 ± 0.88) amino acids were detected. According to the analysis results, protein level of bee pollen in mg / g basis in Black Sea region (127,27 ± 0.31), Marmara region (117,56 ± 0.31), Mediterranean region (115,66 ± 0.31), Central Anatolia (115,09 ± 0.31), Aegean region (110,06 ± 0.31) and East-South East Anatolia (124,9 ± 0.31). The differences between the regions were found in Protein and amino acid levels (P