Assessment of microbiological quality of bee collected pollen is very important, because of its use as a supplement in the human diet. In this study, 26 samples collected from different location in Serbia were tested for the presence of mold through mycologial analysis. The presence of aflatoxin B1, one of the most dangerous and the most widespread mycotoxin was also determined. It was established that 10 of the investigated samples were contaminated with some genera or species of mold, but all of the investigated samples were contaminated with aflatoxin B1. Considering that there is no unique and official procedure for mycological analysis of bee collected pollen, these findings suggest the need for their establishment. Mycological analysis should be followed by mycotoxicological analysis since the absence of mold does not confirm the absence of aflatoxin B1 in bee pollen.
TY - JOUR
AU - Kostić, Aleksandar
AU - Petrović, Tanja
AU - Krnjaja, Vesna
AU - Nedić, Nebojša
AU - Tešić, Živoslav
AU - Milojković-Opsenica, Dušanka M.
AU - Barać, Miroljub
AU - Stanojević, Sladjana
AU - Pešić, Mirjana
PY - 2017
UR - http://aspace.agrif.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/4389
AB - Assessment of microbiological quality of bee collected pollen is very important, because of its use as a supplement in the human diet. In this study, 26 samples collected from different location in Serbia were tested for the presence of mold through mycologial analysis. The presence of aflatoxin B1, one of the most dangerous and the most widespread mycotoxin was also determined. It was established that 10 of the investigated samples were contaminated with some genera or species of mold, but all of the investigated samples were contaminated with aflatoxin B1. Considering that there is no unique and official procedure for mycological analysis of bee collected pollen, these findings suggest the need for their establishment. Mycological analysis should be followed by mycotoxicological analysis since the absence of mold does not confirm the absence of aflatoxin B1 in bee pollen.
PB - Taylor & Francis Ltd, Abingdon
T2 - Journal of Apicultural Research
T1 - Mold/aflatoxin contamination of honey bee collected pollen from different Serbian regions
EP - 20
IS - 1
SP - 13
VL - 56
DO - 10.1080/00218839.2016.1259897
ER -
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author = "Kostić, Aleksandar and Petrović, Tanja and Krnjaja, Vesna and Nedić, Nebojša and Tešić, Živoslav and Milojković-Opsenica, Dušanka M. and Barać, Miroljub and Stanojević, Sladjana and Pešić, Mirjana",
year = "2017",
abstract = "Assessment of microbiological quality of bee collected pollen is very important, because of its use as a supplement in the human diet. In this study, 26 samples collected from different location in Serbia were tested for the presence of mold through mycologial analysis. The presence of aflatoxin B1, one of the most dangerous and the most widespread mycotoxin was also determined. It was established that 10 of the investigated samples were contaminated with some genera or species of mold, but all of the investigated samples were contaminated with aflatoxin B1. Considering that there is no unique and official procedure for mycological analysis of bee collected pollen, these findings suggest the need for their establishment. Mycological analysis should be followed by mycotoxicological analysis since the absence of mold does not confirm the absence of aflatoxin B1 in bee pollen.",
publisher = "Taylor & Francis Ltd, Abingdon",
journal = "Journal of Apicultural Research",
title = "Mold/aflatoxin contamination of honey bee collected pollen from different Serbian regions",
pages = "20-13",
number = "1",
volume = "56",
doi = "10.1080/00218839.2016.1259897"
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Kostić, A., Petrović, T., Krnjaja, V., Nedić, N., Tešić, Ž., Milojković-Opsenica, D. M., Barać, M., Stanojević, S.,& Pešić, M.. (2017). Mold/aflatoxin contamination of honey bee collected pollen from different Serbian regions. in Journal of Apicultural Research
Taylor & Francis Ltd, Abingdon., 56(1), 13-20.
https://doi.org/10.1080/00218839.2016.1259897
Kostić A, Petrović T, Krnjaja V, Nedić N, Tešić Ž, Milojković-Opsenica DM, Barać M, Stanojević S, Pešić M. Mold/aflatoxin contamination of honey bee collected pollen from different Serbian regions. in Journal of Apicultural Research. 2017;56(1):13-20.
doi:10.1080/00218839.2016.1259897 .
Kostić, Aleksandar, Petrović, Tanja, Krnjaja, Vesna, Nedić, Nebojša, Tešić, Živoslav, Milojković-Opsenica, Dušanka M., Barać, Miroljub, Stanojević, Sladjana, Pešić, Mirjana, "Mold/aflatoxin contamination of honey bee collected pollen from different Serbian regions" in Journal of Apicultural Research, 56, no. 1 (2017):13-20,
https://doi.org/10.1080/00218839.2016.1259897 . .
