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QUIMICA NOVA
Volume 32, Issue 5, Pages 1099-1102Publisher
SOC BRASILEIRA QUIMICA
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-40422009000500003
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bee-collected pollen; vitamins; pollen analysis
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This study quantified vitamin C, E and beta-carotene in samples of fresh bee-collected pollen and correlating them with the botanical origin. Vitamin content varied between 13.5 and 42.5 mu g/g for vitamin E; 56.3 and 198.9 mu g/g for beta-carotene and 273.9 and 560.3 mu g/g for vitamin C. It was concluded that the botanical origin and collecting season influenced the vitamin contents. There is a relationship between the vitamins and its botanical origin: Raphanus sp and Macroptilium sp, Mimosa caesalpineafolia with beta-carotene; Raphanus sp, Eucalyptus sp, Macroptilium sp, Mimosa caesalpineafolia with vitamin E and Anadenanthera sp, Arecaceae type and Philodendron sp with vitamin C.
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