Evaluation of antioxidant activity and flavonoid composition in differently preserved bee products

Čeksterytė, Violeta; Kurtinaitienė, Bogumila; Venskutonis, P. R.; Pukalskas, Audrius; Kazernavičiūtė, Rita; Balžekas, Jonas

doi:10.17221/312/2015-cjfs

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“…This value is much lower than the average value obtained in the present study (Table 1). Ceksteryte et al, (2016) also received lower average value for this parameter (10.7 ± 0.03 mg GAE/g).…”

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confidence: 89%

Antioxidant Activity and Total Polyphenol Content of Royal Jelly from Bulgaria

Balkanska¹,

Mărghitaș²,

Pavel³

2017

Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci

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confidence: 89%

Antioxidant Activity and Total Polyphenol Content of Royal Jelly from Bulgaria

Balkanska¹,

Mărghitaș²,

Pavel³

2017

Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci

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“…Several recent studies complete the aforementioned research regarding the multitude of compounds present in BB, as following: carbohydrates (glucose, fructose, sucrose, arabinose), aliphatic acids, mainly unsaturated (α-linolenic, linoleic, oleic and 11,14,17-eicosatrienoic acids) and alkanes (C21-C35) [79][80][81][82][83][84].…”

Section: Bee Bread (Bb) Composition and Main Bioactivitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Bee Collected Pollen and Bee Bread: Bioactive Constituents and Health Benefits

Mărgăoan

Stranț²,

Varadi³

et al. 2019

Antioxidants

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Bee products were historically used as a therapheutic approach and in food consumption, while more recent data include important details that could validate them as food supplements due to their bioproperties, which support their future use as medicines. In this review data, data collected from bee pollen (BP) and bee bread (BB) essays will be discussed and detailed for their nutritional and health protective properties as functional foods. Dietary antioxidants intake derived from BP and BB have been associated with the prevention and clinical treatment of multiple diseases. The beneficial effects of BP and BB on health result from the presence of multiple polyphenols which possess anti-inflammatory properties, phytosterols and fatty acids, which play anticancerogenic roles, as well as polysaccharides, which stimulate immunological activity. From the main bioactivity studies with BP and BB, in vitro studies and animal experiments, the stimulation of apoptosis and the inhibition of cell proliferation in multiple cell lines could be one of the major therapeutic adjuvant effects to be explored in reducing tumor growth. Tables summarizing the main data available in this field and information about other bio-effects of BP and BB, which support the conclusions, are provided. Additionally, a discussion about the research gaps will be presented to help further experiments that complete the tree main World Health Organization (WHO) Directives of Efficiency, Safety and Quality Control for these products.

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“…The correlation coefficient estimated between the radical scavenging activity and the total phenolic and flavonoid contents was 0.690 (p ≤ 0.001) and 0.585 (p ≤ 0.05), respectively. Literature data showed that methanolic extracts of bee products exhibited higher radical scavenging activity: 1.07-1.44 mg Trolox (TE)/g in bee pollen, 1.14 mg TE/g in beebread, 0.82-1.24 mg TE/g in royal jelly (all these bee products collected in Lithuania) [43], 39-54 mg TE/g in propolis from Mexico [44] and 0.14-0.52 mg TE/g in honey from Thailand [45].…”

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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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Evaluation of antioxidant activity and flavonoid composition in differently preserved bee products

Cited by 56 publications

References 28 publications

Antioxidant Activity and Total Polyphenol Content of Royal Jelly from Bulgaria

Antioxidant Activity and Total Polyphenol Content of Royal Jelly from Bulgaria

Bee Collected Pollen and Bee Bread: Bioactive Constituents and Health Benefits

Comparison of Physicochemical Properties of Bee Pollen with Other Bee Products

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