Nutritional, bioactive, and botanical characterization of bee pollen harvested in the Colorado River Valley, Argentina

M. SOLEDAD GARCÍA PAOLONI; FEDERICO D. VALLESE; VALERIA SPRINGER; ANA C. ANDRADA

Congreso; IUNS. 21st International Congress of Nutrition; 2017

Honey bees (Apis mellifera L.) collects pollen from flowers as pollen loads to get proteins for sustaining the colony. Due to its protein content (macronutrient) bee pollen is consumed as a nutritional supplement. Additionally the presence of bioactive compounds like polyphenols (micronutrients) provides biological function reason why this bee product is considered a natural functional food. Bee pollen composition depends strongly on the botanical and geographical origin (even though post-harvested processing). The aim of this study is to characterize bee pollen collected in the Buenos Aires Valley of Colorado River (BAVCR) zone