Multielemental Analysis of Bee Pollen, Propolis, and Royal Jelly Collected in West-Central Poland.

ABSTRACT: Beehive products possess nutritional value and health-promoting properties and are recommended as so-called "superfoods". However, because of their natural origin, they may contain relevant elemental contaminants. Therefore, to assess the quality of bee products, we examined concentrations of a broad range of 24 selected elements in propolis, bee pollen, and royal jelly. The quantitative analyses were performed with inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) and inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES) techniques. The results of our research indicate that bee products contain essential macronutrients (i.e., K, P, and S) and micronutrients (i.e., Zn and Fe) in concentrations depending on the products' type. However, the presence of toxic heavy metals mak

SUBMITTER: Matuszewska E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8122449 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature