title: Fatty acid profiles of monofloral clover beebread and pollen and proteomics of red clover (Trifolium pratense) pollen.
abstract: Fatty acids were identified in monofloral beebread (BB) and bee pollen (BP) loads collected from Trifolium pratense L. A gas chromatography method was used to identify and quantify fatty acids: Thirty-five fatty acids were identified in BB and 42 in BP. A high amount of the healthy n-3 fatty acids was found. The ratio of polyunsaturated fatty acids n-3 to n-6 reached a value of 8.42 and 3.35 in the latter products. The proteomic analysis also was performed on the manually collected T. pratense pollen, and the most abundant protein groups were subjected to mass spectrometry analysis. Proteins identified in T. pratense pollen are involved in the main cellular functions (cell membrane formation, organelles traffic, and mainly metabolic processes). Because of the composition of fatty acids in BB and BP and a variety of proteins present in pollen, these products are considered to be favorable for human nutrition and health.
authors.affiliation: a Institute of Agriculture, Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry Akademija , Kedainiai , Lithuania.
authors.forename: Violeta
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Čeksterytė
authors.affiliation: b Department of Molecular Cell Biology , Institute of Biochemistry, Vilnius University , Vilnius , Lithuania.
authors.forename: Rūta
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Navakauskienė
authors.affiliation: b Department of Molecular Cell Biology , Institute of Biochemistry, Vilnius University , Vilnius , Lithuania.
authors.forename: Gražina
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Treigytė
authors.affiliation: c Centre for Health Protection , National Institute for Public Health and the Environment , Bilthoven , The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Eugene
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Jansen
authors.affiliation: d Department of Bioanalysis , Institute of Biochemistry, Vilnius University , Vilnius , Lithuania.
authors.forename: Bogumila
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kurtinaitienė
authors.affiliation: a Institute of Agriculture, Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry Akademija , Kedainiai , Lithuania.
authors.forename: Giedrė
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dabkevičienė
authors.affiliation: a Institute of Agriculture, Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry Akademija , Kedainiai , Lithuania.
authors.forename: Jonas
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Balžekas
keywords: beebread; clover pollen; fatty acids; proteomic assay