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2022
High abundance of pyrrolizidine alkaloids in bee pollen collected in July 2019 from Southern Germany
High abundance of pyrrolizidine alkaloids in bee pollen collected in July 2019 from Southern Germany
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Pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PA) are secondary plant defense compounds and known pre-toxins when containing a 1,2-double bond. They are commonly produced by various plants and may thus be present in bee pollen which may be consumed by humans as food supplements. In this study, PA were determined in bee pollen samples from 57 locations in Southern Germany sampled by means of pollen traps in July 2019. Samples were analyzed by using palynological methodology and solid-phase extraction (SPE) followed by LC–MS/MS. In total, 52 pollen samples featured total pyrrolizidine alkaloids (ΣPA) with concentrations up to 48,000 ng/g bee pollen, while the N-oxides (NO) echinatine-NO and rinderine-NO clearly dominated. In contrast, the palynological analysis only detected 33 samples with pollen from PA-producing plants. Accordingly, the results showed that palynological analysis is not sufficient to determine PA in pollen. In addition, a risk assessment was followed to estimate the risk of the detected PA concentrations to humans.
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Environmental monitoring and assessment, 194 (2022), 4, 250.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-022-09907-8.
ISSN: 1573-2959
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Friedle, C., Kapp, T., Wallner, K., Alkattea, R., & Vetter, W. (2022). High abundance of pyrrolizidine alkaloids in bee pollen collected in July 2019 from Southern Germany. Environmental monitoring and assessment, 194(4). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-022-09907-8
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@article{Friedle2022,
doi = {10.1007/s10661-022-09907-8},
author = {Friedle, Carolin and Kapp, Thomas and Wallner, Klaus et al.},
title = {High abundance of pyrrolizidine alkaloids in bee pollen collected in July 2019 from Southern Germany},
journal = {Environmental monitoring and assessment},
year = {2022},
volume = {194},
number = {4},
}