ArticleNutrients2018
Bee Collected Pollen with Enhanced Health Benefits, Produced by Fermentation with a Kombucha Consortium.
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- Comparative Analysis of Microbial Communities and Biopolymer Production in Kombucha.Journal of microbiology and biotechnology · 2025Article
- Influence of Kombucha Fermentation on Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Activity of Monofloral Rapeseed Bee-Collected Pollen.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Enhancing the Nutritional and Bioactive Properties of Bee Pollen: A Comprehensive Review of Processing Techniques.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Antioxidant, Antitumoral, Antimicrobial, and Prebiotic Activity of Magnetite Nanoparticles Loaded with Bee Pollen/Bee Bread Extracts and 5-Fluorouracil.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Kombucha as a Potential Active Ingredient in Cosmetics-An Ex Vivo Skin Permeation Study.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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- Nature of back slopping kombucha fermentation process: insights from the microbial succession, metabolites composition changes and their correlations.Frontiers in microbiology · 2024Article
- Mechanistic insights into the plant biostimulant activity of a novel formulation based on rice husk nanobiosilica embedded in a seed coating alginate film.Frontiers in plant science · 2024Article
- Cytocompatibility, Antimicrobial and Antioxidant Activity of a Mucoadhesive Biopolymeric Hydrogel Embedding Selenium Nanoparticles Phytosynthesized by Sea Buckthorn Leaf Extract.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- The Influence of Enzymatic Hydrolysis on Bee Pollen Antioxidant and Antibacterial Activities.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Kombucha: Challenges for Health and Mental Health.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Selenium-Fortified Kombucha-Pollen Beverage by In Situ Biosynthesized Selenium Nanoparticles with High Biocompatibility and Antioxidant Activity.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Kombucha and Water Kefir Grains Microbiomes' Symbiotic Contribution to Postbiotics Enhancement.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Fermented Beverage Benefits: A Comprehensive Review and Comparison of Kombucha and Kefir Microbiome.Microorganisms · 2023Review
- Changes in the chemical compositions and biological properties of kombucha beverages made from black teas and pineapple peels and cores.Scientific reports · 2023Article
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- Research progress on alternative kombucha substrate transformation and the resulting active components.Frontiers in microbiology · 2023Review
- Protective Mechanism ofFrontiers in nutrition · 2022Article
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Abstract
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 Kombucha/SCOBY (symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeasts) consortium. We performed the fermentation of pollen suspended from the beginning with SCOBY on sweetened green tea or on Kombucha vinegar, by adding pollen after 20 days of Kombucha fermentation. We analyzed: formation of bioactive compounds (anti-oxidant polyphenols, soluble silicon, hydroxy-acids, short chain fatty acids-SCFA); parameters related to Kombucha fermentation (dynamics of lactic acid bacteria-LAB, formation of organic acids, soluble sugar evolution on Kombucha vinegar); the influence of Kombucha fermentation on pollen morphology and ultrastructure; in vitro cytotoxic and antitumoral effects of the Kombucha fermented pollen. The pollen addition increases LAB proportion in the total number of SCOBY microbial strains. SEM images highlight the adhesion of the SCOBY bacteria to pollen. Ultrastructural analysis reveals the release of the pollen content. The content of bioactive compounds (polyphenols, soluble silicon species and SCFA) is higher in the fermented pollen and the product shows a moderate antitumoral effect on Caco-2 cells. The health benefits of pollen are enhanced by fermentation with a Kombucha consortium.
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