Composition and functionality of bee pollen: A review

M Thakur, V Nanda - Trends in Food Science & Technology, 2020 - Elsevier
Background The food industry today is returning to natural foods after emphasizing the
processed products due to the higher consumer demand for foods which are well …

Bee pollen as functional food: Insights into its composition and therapeutic properties

A El Ghouizi, M Bakour, H Laaroussi, D Ousaaid… - Antioxidants, 2023 - mdpi.com
Bee pollen is a hive product made up of flower pollen grains, nectar, and bee salivary
secretions that beekeepers can collect without damaging the hive. Bee pollen, also called …

[HTML][HTML] Food safety hazards of bee pollen–A review

R Végh, M Csóka, C Sörös, L Sipos - Trends in Food Science & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Bee pollen is a natural apicultural product that is becoming popular among
health-conscious consumers due to its wide variety of nutrients and bioactive substances …

A review on Api-products: Current scenario of potential contaminants and their food safety concerns

A Sharma, K Pant, DS Brar, A Thakur, V Nanda - Food Control, 2023 - Elsevier
Despite being considered a 'superfood', Api-products (Honeybee-derived products) are also
linked with heterogeneous health risk factors such as toxic heavy metals, pathogens …

[HTML][HTML] Phytochemicals, mineral contents, antioxidants, and antimicrobial activities of propolis produced by Brunei stingless bees Geniotrigona thoracica …

NA Abdullah, N Zullkiflee, SNZ Zaini, H Taha… - Saudi Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
The present study focused on the evaluation of phytochemical properties, essential mineral
elements, and heavy metals contained in raw propolis produced by stingless bees …

[HTML][HTML] Unveiling the techno-functional and bioactive properties of bee pollen as an added-value food ingredient

H Laaroussi, P Ferreira-Santos, Z Genisheva… - Food Chemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
Bee pollen is an imperative product for human use. Seven bee pollens were harvested from
Morocco, and their chemical, biological and techno-functional properties were studied. All …

Occurrence and human health risk assessment of mineral elements and pesticides residues in bee pollen

E Zafeiraki, KM Kasiotis, P Nisianakis… - Food and Chemical …, 2022 - Elsevier
Bee pollen contains a diversity of bioactive components. Nevertheless, since pollen is
retrieved from a variety of plants, including the cultivated ones which are subjected to …

Pollutants and their interaction with diseases of social Hymenoptera

H Feldhaar, O Otti - Insects, 2020 - mdpi.com
Many insect species, including social insects, are currently declining in abundance and
diversity. Pollutants such as pesticides, heavy metals, or airborne fine particulate matter from …

Botanical Origin and Nutritional Values of Bee Bread of Stingless Bee (Heterotrigona itama) from Malaysia

SM Mohammad, NK Mahmud-Ab-Rashid… - Journal of Food …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Bee bread is the bee‐collected pollen with the mixture of honey and bee salivary enzymes,
stored inside the bee hive. Malaysia has limited information on bee bread collected by the …

Bee collected pollen with enhanced health benefits, produced by fermentation with a Kombucha Consortium

E Uțoiu, F Matei, A Toma, CF Diguță, LM Ștefan… - Nutrients, 2018 - mdpi.com
The bioavailability of pollen bioactive compounds for humans is limited. In this study, our aim
was to enhance the health-related benefits of pollen by fermentation with a …