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Food Chemistry 2018 Journal of Food, Nutrition and Population Health
ISSN: 2577-0586 Page 67
July 23-24, 2018
Rome, Italy
3rd Edition of International Conference on
Agriculture &
Food Chemistry
The quality of bee bread samples collected from south eastern
serpentine areas in Albania and Bulgaria was evaluated
and compared on the basis of their pollen content by qualitative
melissopalynological analysis, chemical composition and
morphologicalcharacteristicofbeebread.Thepollenmorphological
data after standard acetolysis method were used to determine the
botanical origin of the collected samples. Macro elements K, Ca,
Mg, P and microelements Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn, Na, Ni, Pb and
Zn were determined after inductively coupled plasma atomic
emission spectroscopy (ICP-AES) method. Most of the analyzed
Albanian samples were mono floral while Bulgarian samples were
poly floral. The percentages of pollen between samples varied
considerably. Predominantly Vicia type pollen grains were found
in the Albanian bee bread samples. Brassicaceae pollen was also
determined in all samples but in different concentrations mostly
in Albanian samples. Pollen from Ni hyper accumulator Alyssum
murale was difficult to be separated fromother Brassicaceae pollen
grains. Studied elements have different concentrations in bee
bread samples even if they originated from the same geographical
region and locality depending on the environmental characteristics
of the locality. The concentrations of Ni, Cr, Co and Fe elements that
normally are elevated in serpentine areas were in Albanian samples
about 8, 4, 2 and 3 times higher compared to the data fromBulgaria.
The concentrations of Cu, Zn and Ca were higher in the Bulgarian
samples. As a product of high commercial value, the quality of bee
bread should be controlled and standardization of metal content
for more metals has to be accepted. The bee keepers should be
informed about possible negative effect of naturally metalliferous
soils on the quality of bee bread and should pay attention to the
environmental characteristics of the locality where they place
bee hives. A strict control on the metal concentrations has to be
paid on bee bread pollen used as a medication, as a food and as a
nutraceutical supplement.
Biography
Aida Bani has graduated from Agriculture University of Tirana (AUT) in Agro-
nomic Sciences, 1989. She enrolled at AUT and INPL, Nancy, France for her
PhD studies and received the title Doctor of Sciences in year 2009. She has
several articles published in high impact factor scientific journals. She has
participated in 68 international scientific conferences. She is a passionate Lec-
turer of several courses such as: Landscape Architecture, LandscapeManage-
ment, Soil Remediation Methodologies etc. Her scientific interest particularly
relies on topics connecting with agriculture, environment and landscape. She
has also been leading several national and international scientific projects in
the field of agriculture and environment.
Analysis of bee bread quality from serpentine areas in Albania
and Bulgaria
Aida Bani2, Dolja Pavlova1, Juliana Atanassova1, Irina Karadjova3 and Besmira
Xhaferri2
¹,3University of Sofia, Bulgaria
2Agricultural University of Tirana, Albania
Aida Bani et al., J Food Nutr Popul Health 2018, Volume 2
DOI: 10.21767/2577-0586-C2-006