Table 1.

Organic acids composition of E. plantagineum bee pollen.

	Organic Acid	mg/kg (Dry Pollen) a	%
1	Oxalic	51.05 ± 0.98	0.50
2a + 2b	Aconitic	6.89 ± 0.26	0.07
3	Citric	10.24 ±0.05	0.10
4	Pyruvic	890.27 ± 0.85	8.69
5	Malonic	8152.87 ± 0.37	79.57
6	Shikimic	2.20 ± 0.43	0.02
7	Acetic	1132.02 ± 111.33	11.05
8	Fumaric	0.48 ± 0.02	0.005
	Total	10245.54 ± 114.29

^a Results are expressed as mean of three determinations ± standard deviation.