Pollen and bee bread as new health-oriented products: A review

M Kieliszek, K Piwowarek, AM Kot, S Błażejak… - Trends in Food Science …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background An interest in substances of natural origin has been a subject that is increasing
constantly-both those known for many years and recently discovered are of great interest to …

Composition and properties of Apis mellifera honey: A review

AA Machado De-Melo… - Journal of apicultural …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Honey is a natural sweetener with a complex composition. Honey features vary depending
on the botanical source and geographical origin, as well as climatic, processing and storage …

Simultaneous determination of Cd (II) and Pb (II) ions in honey and milk samples using a single-walled carbon nanohorns modified screen-printed electrochemical …

Y Yao, H Wu, J Ping - Food Chemistry, 2019 - Elsevier
In view of the significant risk of heavy metal ions on human health, effective determination
method is quite urgent. Herein, a single-walled carbon nanohorns modified screen-printed …

Contaminants of bee products

S Bogdanov - Apidologie, 2006 - apidologie.org
Bee products can be contaminated from different sources. The contamination can arise from
beekeeping practices or from the environment. Environmental contaminants are covered in …

Pollen composition and standardisation of analytical methods

MGR Campos, S Bogdanov… - Journal of Apicultural …, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
Honey bee pollen is considered to be a food, and national pollen standards exist in different
countries such as Brazil, Bulgaria, Poland and Switzerland. It is the aim of the present work …

Heavy metal bioaccumulation in honey bee matrix, an indicator to assess the contamination level in terrestrial environments

E Goretti, M Pallottini, R Rossi, G La Porta, T Gardi… - Environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
The most significant risk factor for organisms living in an environment contaminated by
heavy metals is the metal bioavailability. Therefore, an efficient ecotoxicological approach to …

Diversity, threats and conservation of native bees in the Neotropics

BM Freitas, VL Imperatriz-Fonseca, LM Medina… - Apidologie, 2009 - apidologie.org
The Neotropics bee fauna is very rich with 5000 recognised species, including 33 genera
(391 species) of Meliponini, but it is estimated to be at least three fold greater in species …

Honeybees and their products as potential bioindicators of heavy metals contamination

ME Conti, F Botrè - Environmental monitoring and assessment, 2001 - Springer
The concentrations of three representative heavy metals (cadmium, chromium and lead)
were measured by atomic absorptionspectroscopy in honeybees and in apiary's products …

Trace element levels in honeys from different regions of Turkey

M Tuzen, S Silici, D Mendil, M Soylak - Food chemistry, 2007 - Elsevier
A survey of 25 honey samples from different botanical origin, collected all over the Turkey
was conducted to assess their trace element contents. The aim of this study was to …

Minor and trace elements in different honey types produced in Siena County (Italy)

A Pisani, G Protano, F Riccobono - Food chemistry, 2008 - Elsevier
The concentrations of 23 chemical elements (Al, As, Ba, Ca, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Hg, K, Mg,
Mn, Na, Ni, Pb, Sb, Se, Sr, Th, Tl, U, Zn) were determined in 51 honey samples of different …