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ArticleFoods (Basel, Switzerland)2024

Bee Bread as a Functional Product: Phenolic Compounds, Amino Acid, Sugar, and Organic Acid Profiles.

Aksem Aksoy, Sema Sandıkçı Altunatmaz, Filiz Aksu, Nazan Tokatlı Demirok, Kemal Yazıcı, Seydi Yıkmış

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Article in Foods (Basel, Switzerland), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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Aksem AksoyDepartment of Food Engineering, Faculty of Engineering Architecture, Kafkas University, 36100 Kars, Türkiye.ORCID 0000-0001-8523-1307
Sema Sandıkçı AltunatmazFood Processing Department, Veterinary Vocational High School, Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Avcılar, 34320 Istanbul, Türkiye.ORCID 0000-0001-9437-3366
Filiz AksuFood Processing Department, Veterinary Vocational High School, Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Avcılar, 34320 Istanbul, Türkiye.ORCID 0000-0003-0532-4293
Nazan Tokatlı DemirokDepartment of Nutrition and Dietetics, Tekirdağ Namık Kemal University, 59030 Tekirdağ, Türkiye.ORCID 0000-0003-1936-9337
Kemal YazıcıDepartment of Plant and Animal Production, Posof Vocational School, Ardahan University, 75800 Ardahan, Türkiye.
Seydi YıkmışDepartment of Food Technology, Tekirdağ Namık Kemal University, 59830 Tekirdağ, Türkiye.ORCID 0000-0001-8694-0658

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bee bread (perga) is a natural bee product formed by the fermentation of the pollen collected by bees via lactic acid bacteria and yeasts. This study aims to determine the bioactive compounds, amino acid, sugar, and organic acid profile of bee bread samples collected from the Ardahan province of Türkiye. The highest total phenolic, total flavonoid, and DPPH values in bee bread samples were determined as 18.35 mg GAE/g, 2.82 mg QE/g, and 3.90 mg TEAC/g, respectively. Among phenolic compounds, gallic acid had the highest value at 39.97 µ/g. While all essential amino acids except tryptophan were detected in the samples, aspartic acid was the most dominant, followed by pyrroline and glutamic acid. Among sugars, fructose was seen at the highest level. Succinic acid, among organic acids, had the highest amount at 73.63 mg/g. Finally, all the data were subjected to a principal components analysis (PCA). Bee bread samples were grouped according to the analysis results of the districts they were collected from. This study provides information about the bioactive components and some chemical properties of bee bread, a natural product that has been the subject of recent research. It also contains essential data for future functional food production.

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amino acidbee breadbioactive compoundschemical analysisorganic acid

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