<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Bee pollen, an important bee product, is harvested as a food supplement for humans, so it must be safe in terms of toxic components for consumption. The aim of this study is to determine the amounts of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs), polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs), dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls (dl-PCBs) and non dioxin-like PCBs (ndl-PCBs) in the bee pollen pellets of <italic>Apis mellifera</italic> L. collected from Çankırı, located in the central Anatolia region of Turkey, between June and July 2014. Six types of pollen belonging to four families: <italic>Centaurea triumfettii</italic> L. - Asteraceae family; <italic>Brassica</italic> spp. L. - Brassicaceae family; <italic>Cistus</italic> spp. L. - Cistaceae family; <italic>Onobrychis</italic> spp. L., <italic>Hedysarum</italic> spp. L. and <italic>Trifolium</italic> spp. L. - Fabaceae family, were determined through microscopic analysis. Dioxin and PCB congeners were determined in a pooled bee pollen sample and all the results were found lower than the European Union regulatory limits for other foods. To the best of our knowledge, this is among the first studies on dioxin analysis in bee pollen worldwide.</p></abstract>

Bee pollen, an important bee product, is harvested as a food supplement for humans, so it must be safe in terms of toxic components for consumption. The aim of this study is to determine the amounts of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs), polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs), dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls (dl-PCBs) and non dioxin-like PCBs (ndl-PCBs) in the bee pollen pellets of Apis mellifera L. collected from Çankırı, located in the central Anatolia region of Turkey, between June and July 2014. Six types of pollen belonging to four families: Centaurea triumfettii L. - Asteraceae family; Brassica spp. L. - Brassicaceae family; Cistus spp. L. - Cistaceae family; Onobrychis spp. L., Hedysarum spp. L. and Trifolium spp. L. - Fabaceae family, were determined through microscopic analysis. Dioxin and PCB congeners were determined in a pooled bee pollen sample and all the results were found lower than the European Union regulatory limits for other foods. To the best of our knowledge, this is among the first studies on dioxin analysis in bee pollen worldwide.

Dioxin Analysis of Bee Pollen Pellets Collected by <italic>Apis mellifera</italic> L. in Rural Area of Turkey

Bee and Bee Products Research and Application Center (HARUM)

Republic of Turkey Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock

Journal of Apicultural Science

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Dioxin Analysis of Bee Pollen Pellets Collected by  L. in Rural Area of Turkey

Bee pollen, an important bee product, is harvested as a food supplement for humans, so it must be safe in terms of toxic components for consumption. The aim of...

Dioxin Analysis of Bee Pollen Pellets Collected by Apis mellifera L. in Rural Area of Turkey

Published Online: Jun 21, 2018

Page range: 79 - 88

Received: Feb 06, 2017

Accepted: Apr 11, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jas-2018-0011

Keywords
bee pollen, dioxins, environmental contamination, polychlorinated biphenyls, Turkey

© 2018 Aslı Özkök et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Dioxin Analysis of Bee Pollen Pellets Collected by Apis mellifera L. in Rural Area of Turkey

Published Online: Jun 21, 2018

Page range: 79 - 88

Received: Feb 06, 2017

Accepted: Apr 11, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jas-2018-0011

Keywordsbee pollen, dioxins, environmental contamination, polychlorinated biphenyls, Turkey

© 2018 Aslı Özkök et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
bee pollen, dioxins, environmental contamination, polychlorinated biphenyls, Turkey