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Table 6 Nutritional composition of bee corn pollen of A. mellifera from Nan province, Thailand

From: Chemical constituents and free radical scavenging activity of corn pollen collected from Apis mellifera hives compared to floral corn pollen at Nan, Thailand

Analyzed item

Quantity

Unit

Ash

2.43

g/100 g

Biotin

56.69

μg/100 g

Calories

397.16

Kcal/100 g

Calories from fat

63.00

Kcal/100 g

Carbohydrate

64.42

g/100 g

Crude fiber

0.86

g/100 g

Fat

7.00

g/100 g

Folic acid

54.70

μg/100 g

Invert sugar

19.85

g/100 g

Moisture

7.03

g/100 g

Protein

19.12

g/100 g

Reducing sugar

14.11

g/100 g

Total sugar

14.71

g/100 g

Fructose

7.16

g/100 g

Glucose

6.42

g/100 g

Sucrose

0.60

g/100 g

Maltose

0.53

g/100 g

Lactose

< 0.1

g/100 g

Vitamin A - β carotene

1,530.4

μg/100 g

Vitamin B 1

0.20

mg/100 g

Vitamin B 2

0.50

mg/100 g

Vitamin B 3 (Niacin)

7.03

mg/100 g

Vitamin B 5

0.39

mg/100 g

Vitamin B 6

Not detected

mg/100 g

Vitamin B 12

1.87

μg/100 g

Vitamin E (α-Tocopherol)

6.21

mg/100 g