Evaluation of bee pollen by characterizing its botanical origin, total phenolic content, and microbial load for the formulation of apitherapy products

Aysan Rezazadeh; Ahmad Reza Mehrabian; Hadi Maleki; Zahra Shakoori; Narges Zarei Golbaghi; Tayeb Sharifi; Hasan Yazdi; Mostafa Zarqami Amirsalari; Helia Hajihassani

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0327480

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Evaluation of bee pollen by characterizing its botanical origin, total phenolic content, and microbial load for the formulation of apitherapy products

Aysan Rezazadeh,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
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Ahmad Reza Mehrabian ,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: a_mehrabian@sbu.ac.ir

Affiliations Department of Plant Sciences and Biotechnology, Faculty of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran, Bee Products Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6633-3092

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Hadi Maleki,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Microbial Biotechnology, Faculty of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
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Zahra Shakoori,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources, Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Plant Sciences and Biotechnology, Faculty of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
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Narges Zarei Golbaghi,

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Plant Sciences and Biotechnology, Faculty of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
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Tayeb Sharifi,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Plant Sciences and Biotechnology, Faculty of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
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Hasan Yazdi,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Plant Sciences and Biotechnology, Faculty of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
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Mostafa Zarqami Amirsalari,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Plant Sciences and Biotechnology, Faculty of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
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Helia Hajihassani

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
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Evaluation of bee pollen by characterizing its botanical origin, total phenolic content, and microbial load for the formulation of apitherapy products

Aysan Rezazadeh,
Ahmad Reza Mehrabian,
Hadi Maleki,
Zahra Shakoori,
Narges Zarei Golbaghi,
Tayeb Sharifi,
Hasan Yazdi,
Mostafa Zarqami Amirsalari,
Helia Hajihassani

Published: September 17, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0327480

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