CHEMICAL COMPOSITION AND MINERAL CONTENT IN MONOFLORAL BEE POLLEN FROM Attalea funifera

Authors

  • Ayala Nara Pereira Gomes Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco
  • Tania Maria Sarmento Silva Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco
  • Celso Amorim Camara Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco
  • Rodolfo de França Alves Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana
  • Francisco de Assis Ribeiro dos Santos Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana

Keywords:

BEE POLLEN, Attalea funifera, MONOFLORAL, MINERALS, CHEMICAL COMPOSITION

Abstract

The Attalea funifera (piaçava) species has great economic importance, especially in the Brazilian Northeast, being a palm tree (Arecaceae) pollinated by bees. Bee pollen is the result of the pollen agglutination of flowers, nectar and bee salivary substances. From the economic, nutritional and therapeutic point of view monofloral bee pollen (pollen predominance of a plant species) has the advantage of always having the same physicochemical and chemical characteristics, which always confers the same properties of the product. Sample of piaçava monofloral bee pollen collected in Bahia was analyzed by UPLC-PDA-q-TOF-MS / MS and determination of mineral content. The chromatographic profile showed the predominance of glycosylated flavonoids and cinnamic acid amides with spermidine. The major compounds identified were: isoramnetin-3-O-neohesperidoside and two tris-N,N,N-caffeoyl-spermidine isomers. Regarding mineral content, the most abundant element found was Mg (8176.0 ± 218.5 mg/kg), followed by K (5666,9 ± 632,04 mg/Kg), Na (186,6 ± 7,5 mg/kg), Mn (85,8 ± 2,24 mg/kg), Ca (103,8 ± 11,39 mg/kg), Zn (33,0 ± 0,44 mg/kg), Fe (21,4 ± 2,28 mg/kg), e Se (33,0 ± 0,44 μg/kg). Piaçava bee pollen is rich in minerals and has as glycosylated flavonoid markers and cinnamic acid amides with spermidine.

Published

2019-10-20

How to Cite

Gomes, A. N. P., Silva, T. M. S., Camara, C. A., Alves, R. de F., & Santos, F. de A. R. dos. (2019). CHEMICAL COMPOSITION AND MINERAL CONTENT IN MONOFLORAL BEE POLLEN FROM Attalea funifera. Caderno Verde De Agroecologia E Desenvolvimento Sustentável, 9(5), b–107. Retrieved from https://gvaa.com.br/revista/index.php/CVADS/article/view/7305