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

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...

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Main Authors: Karla C. L. S. Oliveira, Marina Moriya, Ricardo A. B. Azedo, Ligia B. de Almeida-Muradian, Erica W. Teixeira, Maria L. T. M. F. Alves, Augusta C. de C. C. Moreti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Química 2009-01-01
Series:Química Nova
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-40422009000500003