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<p>Due to its complex biochemical properties, the bee pollen is considered one of the functional foods. Bee pollen collected from pollen grains from different botanical sources offers almost a full diet such as carbohydrates, proteins, amino acids, vitamins, minerals. In this study, methanol extracts of 13 honeybee pollen samples were evaluated for flavonoids, phenolic compounds, and antioxidant capacity. Caffeic acid, chlorogenic acid, vanillic acid, <italic>p-</italic>coumaric acid, gallic acid, quercetin, rutin, vanillin, and naringin were identified as main phenolic compounds in pollen extracts by High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) analysis. The obtained results are: total phenolic content - 379.8 to 915.6 mg GAE/100 g, total flavonoid content - 207.1 to 550 mg QE/100 g, and antioxidant activity - 808.2 to 3311 mg GAE/100 g in bee pollen extracts.</p>
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Due to its complex biochemical properties, the bee pollen is considered one of the functional foods. Bee pollen collected from pollen grains from different botanical sources offers almost a full diet such as carbohydrates, proteins, amino acids, vitamins, minerals. In this study, methanol extracts of 13 honeybee pollen samples were evaluated for flavonoids, phenolic compounds, and antioxidant capacity. Caffeic acid, chlorogenic acid, vanillic acid, p-coumaric acid, gallic acid, quercetin, rutin, vanillin, and naringin were identified as main phenolic compounds in pollen extracts by High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) analysis. The obtained results are: total phenolic content - 379.8 to 915.6 mg GAE/100 g, total flavonoid content - 207.1 to 550 mg QE/100 g, and antioxidant activity - 808.2 to 3311 mg GAE/100 g in bee pollen extracts.

Phenolic profile and antioxidant activity of bee pollen extracts from different regions of Algeria

Laboratory Valorization and Technology of Saharan Resources (VTRS)

Laboratory of Industrial Analysis and Materials Engineering (LAGIM)

Laboratoire Valorization and Promotion of Saharan Resources (VPRS)

Ovidius University Annals of Chemistry

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Due to its complex biochemical properties, the bee pollen is considered one of the functional foods. Bee pollen collected from pollen grains from different...

Phenolic profile and antioxidant activity of bee pollen extracts from different regions of Algeria

Published Online: Sep 18, 2020

Page range: 93 - 98

Received: Jun 09, 2020

Accepted: Sep 03, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/auoc-2020-0017

Keywords
bee pollen, phenols, HPLC, antioxidant properties

© 2020 Hadia Hemmami et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Phenolic profile and antioxidant activity of bee pollen extracts from different regions of Algeria

Published Online: Sep 18, 2020

Page range: 93 - 98

Received: Jun 09, 2020

Accepted: Sep 03, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/auoc-2020-0017

Keywordsbee pollen, phenols, HPLC, antioxidant properties

© 2020 Hadia Hemmami et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
bee pollen, phenols, HPLC, antioxidant properties