Abstract:

Bee pollen is a bee product that resulting from gathering of floral pollen, collected from flowers and seedy plants by honey bees and stingless bee, with nectar or honey, enzymes, candle and bee secretions. Pollen is stored by the bees in hive to be consumed later. Because of its nutritional properties and apitherapic functions, bee pollen has been consumed by humans for centuries. It exhibits benefical bioactive properties due to its polyphenolic compounds, flavonoids, vitamins, carbohydrates, proteins, fatty acids, various trace elements, minerals and organic compounds. In this study, the homegen mixtures of bee pollen collected from Gümüşhane (Center), Bayburt (Demirözü) and Erzurum (Arıbahçe) were subject to pre-solubilization process and the levels of Copper, Zinc, Magnesium and Calcium of these pollen samples were analyzed tree times by Atomic Absorbtion Spectrophometer (AAS). The amount of copper was 8.60 ± 0.43 mg/kg, the amount of zinc was 35.30 ± 2.13 mg/kg, the amount of magnesium was 1113.33 ± 61.00 mg/kg and the amount of calcium was 1034.00 ± 53.86 mg/kg. In the present study, it was determined that copper, zinc, magnesium and calcium levels of bee pollen collected from the Northeast Anatolian Region are sufficient to contribute to daily mineral requipment.

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