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Honey and Pollen Phenolic Composition, Antioxidant Capacity, and DNA Protecting Properties
Author(s) -
Issaad Fatima Zohra,
Fernandes Isabel P. G.,
Enache Teodor Adrian,
Mouats Chabane,
OliveiraBrett Ana Maria
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
electroanalysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.574
H-Index - 128
eISSN - 1521-4109
pISSN - 1040-0397
DOI - 10.1002/elan.201800752
Subject(s) - pollen , dpph , chemistry , antioxidant , bee pollen , antioxidant capacity , differential pulse voltammetry , agarose gel electrophoresis , food science , botany , cyclic voltammetry , chromatography , dna , biochemistry , biology , electrochemistry , electrode
Abstract The phenolic composition, antioxidant capacity, and the dsDNA oxidative damage protecting properties, of ten honey and two pollen samples, from different countries, Portugal, Algeria, Romania, and Greece, using differential pulse voltammetry, DPPH . spectrophotometric assay, reversed‐phase high performance liquid chromatography with electrochemical detection, and agarose gel electrophoresis, were investigated. The honey samples highest antioxidant capacity was from Multi floral from Greece and the lowest for Mono floral black locust from Romania. The pollen from Romania presented higher antioxidant capacity compared with the pollen from Portugal but both pollen samples have a greater antioxidant capacity compared with the honey samples. In the presence of honey and pollen the DNA oxidative damage, induced by hydroxyl radicals generated through the Fenton reaction, was decreased.