Compostos bioativos do pólen apícola produzido por apis mellifera L.

Abstract

The bee pollen, a result of the binding of pollen carried by bees from flowers by increased salivary substances and small quantities of nectar or honey, has been highlighted by both contain nutritional substances such as carbohydrates, proteins, amino acids, lipids, vitamins, minerals and trace of micronutrients and their therapeutic properties, such as antioxidant activity and the possibility of application in the food industry in the form of food. The literature presents data that shows great diversity in the presence of bioactive compounds in bee pollen. It also shows the interference of climatic and environmental factors on the composition and quality of bee pollen. However, the investigations cited represent only a small part of the actual composition because, as the composition of bee pollen will vary depending on the botanical origin, each pollen produced in each locality will have a different composition and consequently therapeutic properties only. This study aimed to assess the bioactive compounds and antioxidant activity of bee pollen and investigate its correlation with type growth from a dense rain forest remnant in advanced stages of regeneration. In this study, higher levels of phenolic compounds, flavonoids and antioxidant activity were found in samples from type growth Eucalyptus. For the Spearman correlation coefficient showed a positive correlation values of phenolic compounds and flavonoids with Myrtaceae, with antioxidant activity Mimosoideae-Leguminosae; negative correlation values of phenolic compounds and flavonoids with Leguminosae-Mimosoideae, flavonoids with carotenoids. The results presented in this study, it can be observed that the content of phenolic compounds, flavonoids, carotenoids and antioxidant activity, vary with the pollen types.