Relationship between botanical origin and antioxidants vitamins of bee-collected pollen

• Autor(a) principal: Oliveira,Karla C. L. S.
• Data de Publicação: 2009
• Outros Autores: Moriya,Marina, Azedo,Ricardo A. B., Almeida-Muradian,Ligia B. de, Teixeira,Erica W., Alves,Maria L. T. M. F., Moreti,Augusta C. de C. C.
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Química Nova (Online)
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-40422009000500003
• topic: bee-collected pollen; vitamins; pollen analysis

This study quantified vitamin C, E and β-carotene in samples of fresh bee-collected pollen and correlating them with the botanical origin. Vitamin content varied between 13.5 and 42.5 µg/g for vitamin E; 56.3 and 198.9 µg/g for β-carotene and 273.9 and 560.3 µg/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 β-carotene; Raphanus sp, Eucalyptus sp, Macroptilium sp, Mimosa caesalpineafolia with vitamin E and Anadenanthera sp, Arecaceae type and Philodendron sp with vitamin C.