Journal
FOOD BIOSCIENCE
Volume 25, Issue -, Pages 91-110Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.fbio.2018.08.001
Keywords
Bee products; Chemical properties; Colour; Phenolic profile; Minerals; Chemometrics
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Funding
- FAPESP [2011/51741-5, 2011/11746-8, 2013/23179-6]
- CNPq [304067/2013-0]
- POPH-QREN [SFRH/BPD/97049/2013]
- Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo (FAPESP) [11/11746-8] Funding Source: FAPESP
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Fifty six Brazilian bee pollen samples were characterised, and their botanical and geographical origins were studied. The samples were also classified based on physicochemical and biological properties. The characterisation was done using Soxhlet extraction and micro-Kjeldahl methods, ashing at 550 degrees C, transmittance, microscopy, spectrophotometry, inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry and high-performance liquid chromatography. As expected, the values of proteins (7.9-32.2 g/100 g), lipids (3.2-13.5 g/100 g), ash (1.9-3.6 g/100 g), carbohydrates (54.9-82.8 g/100 g), K (3.4-9.8 g/kg), Ca (0.9-4.1 g/kg), Mg (0.6-2.4 g/kg), Fe (46-1180 mg/kg), Na (20-374 mg/kg), Mn (25-215 mg/kg), Zn (30-101 mg/kg), Cu (7.4-19.7 mg/kg), total phenolics (6.5-29.2 mg GAE/g) and flavonoids (0.3-17.5 mg QE/g) as well as the phenolic profiles varied among the samples. In general, the products had high antioxidant capacity (ORAC: 133-563 mu mol TE/g; DPPH: 9.4-155 mu mol TE/g) and the antimicrobial capacity varied according to the sample and microorganism tested. The instrumental colour parameters could be used as indicators of some minerals. Based on multivariate approaches, bee pollen from Southern Brazil seemed to have a higher biological potential, whereas products from the Northeast region had higher calcium and magnesium levels. Similarities were identified in bee pollen containing C. nucifera or Brassica, and monofloral bee pollen seemed to have higher mineral content than heterofloral bee pollen.
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