Volatile compounds and palynological analysis from pollen pots of stingless bees from the mid-north region of Brazil

Authors

  • José de Sousa Lima Neto Federal University of Piauí; Nature Science Center; Department of Chemistry
  • José Arimatéia Dantas Lopes Federal University of Piauí; Nature Science Center; Department of Chemistry
  • José Machado Moita Neto Federal University of Piauí; Nature Science Center; Department of Chemistry
  • Sidney Gonçalo de Lima Federal University of Piauí; Nature Science Center; Department of Chemistry
  • Cynthia Fernandes Pinto da Luz Palynological Research Center; Center of Research in Vascular Plants; Institute of Botany
  • Antônia Maria das Graças Lopes Citó Federal University of Piauí; Nature Science Center; Department of Chemistry

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/s2175-97902017000214093

Keywords:

Pollen/Scaptotrigona sp, Mimosa caesalpiniifolia Benth, Pollen/volatile constituents, Chromatography-mass spectrometry, Palinology.

Abstract

Samburá is the botanical pollen nectar agglutinated by salivary secretions of bees. Stingless bee pollen samples were collected in three periods of the year in Monsenhor Gil town, PI, Brazil, for extraction of volatile constituents by different techniques, analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) and the palynological analysis used to identify the dominant pollen. Among the volatile compounds identified, kaur-16-ene, methyl and ethyl hexadecanoate, methyl linoleate and heneicosane were identified more frequently in the studied parameters: period of sample collection and extraction techniques used. The palynological analysis identified the pollen of Mimosa caesalpiniifolia Benth. as the dominant pollen in all samples studied.

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Published

2017-01-01

Issue

Vol. 53 No. 2 (2017)

Section

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Volatile compounds and palynological analysis from pollen pots of stingless bees from the mid-north region of Brazil. (2017). Brazilian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 53(2), e14093-. https://doi.org/10.1590/s2175-97902017000214093