Table 1.
Crude extract a |
Yield
b
(g) |
Yield
c
(% of pollen sample) |
Appearance |
---|---|---|---|
Corn bee pollen extracts |
|
|
|
CMEb |
35.29 |
8.40 |
Dark brown sticky solid |
CDEb |
2.40 |
0.57 |
Dark brown solid |
CHEb |
18.13 |
4.32 |
Yellow solid |
Floral corn pollen extracts |
|
|
|
CMEp |
9.02 |
2.15 |
Dark brown solid |
CDEp |
4.82 |
1.15 |
Brown solid |
CHEp | 7.87 | 1.87 | Dark green oil/wax |
aCMEb, CDEb and CHEb stand for the crude methanol, DCM and hexane extracts of the bee pollen, while CMEp, CDEp and CHEp stand for the crude methanol, DCM and hexane extracts of the floral corn pollen.
b,cThe yield of each crude extract as bthe net weight (g) and cthe proportion (% (w/w)) of the total starting pollen mass.