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| SATTLER,José Augusto Gasparotto; DE-MELO,Adriane Alexandre Machado; NASCIMENTO,Kelly Souza do; MELO,Illana Louise Pereira de; MANCINI-FILHO,Jorge; SATTLER,Aroni; ALMEIDA-MURADIAN,Ligia Bicudo de. |
| Abstract Like other beehive products, such as honey, royal jelly and propolis, bee pollen has attracted great interest because of the health benefits it can provide when consumed. Bee pollen has high contents of sugars and proteins and a low content of lipids, it is also a rich source of vitamins and other bioactive compounds, which makes it an attractive micronutrient supplement. However, few studies have investigated its composition. Therefore, the aim of this study was to characterize the essential minerals and inorganic contaminants present in bee pollen produced at apiaries in Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil. Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectrometry (ICP-OES) revealed the presence of 8 essential minerals (calcium, iron, copper,... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Bee pollen; Beehive products; Essential minerals; Inorganic contaminants. |
| Ano: 2016 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-20612016000300505 |
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