Title
Características polínicas y composición química del polen apícola colectado en Cayaltí (Lambayeque - Perú)
Other title
Pollinic characteristics and chemical composition of bee pollen collected in Cayalti (Lambayeque - Peru)
Date Issued
18 July 2013
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
Sociedad Chilena de Nutricion, Bromatologia, Toxicologia
Abstract
The aim of this study was to determine the pollen and chemical composition of four types of bee pollen, collected in The Cafetal, Cayaltí (Lambayeque, Perú), a rural area of Perú seasonally dry forest. Bee pollen was collected directly from the hives and classified into four groups of colors: yellow, orange, cream and gray. Pollen analysis revealed the presence of pollen in species: Acacia macracantha Humboldt & Bonpland, Encelia canescens Lamarck, Momordica charantia L. and Prosopis pallida (Humboldt & Bonpland ex Willdenow) H.B.K. The pollen of P. pallida was predominant in the gray (98,1%) and yellow (87,7%) bee pollen; while pollen of E. canecens was predominant in the orange (72,7%) and cream (50,0%) bee pollen, respectively. A great diversity in the pollen morphology (polyad, oblate spheroidal and prolate spheroidal), scultural elements (psilate, echinate and reticulate) and openings (tricolporate and stephanocolpate) was observed. The moisture (8,8 - 13,8%), ash content (2,1 - 3,2%), calcium (6,4 - 12,4%), vitamin C (208 - 504 mg), total and reducing sugars (35 - 49,7 y 22,4 - 26%, respectively), fat (0,15 - 0,18%) and proteins (13,7 - 17,3%) was determined, showing significant variations depending on the color of bee pollen. The nutritive value was higher in the gray bee pollen reaching the value 3.51; in this color was predominant P. pallida pollen.
Start page
71
End page
78
Volume
40
Issue
1
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Zoología, Ornitología, Entomología, ciencias biológicas del comportamiento
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84880093612
Source
Revista Chilena de Nutricion
ISSN of the container
07177518
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
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