Targeted and Suspect Fatty Acid Profiling of Royal Jelly by Liquid Chromatography-High Resolution Mass Spectrometry.

ABSTRACT: Royal jelly (RJ) is a bee product produced by the mandibular and hypopharyngeal glands of worker honeybees which has attracted special attention because of its numerous pharmacological activities and its applications to dermatology and cosmetics. In 2020, we demonstrated a liquid chromatography-high resolution mass spectrometry (LC-HRMS) method for the determination of seven medium-chain FFAs in RJ samples. The aim of the present work was to extend our studies on FA profiling of RJ, exploring the presence of common long-chain saturated, mono-unsaturated and poly-unsaturated free FAs in RJ samples using this LC-HRMS method. Among twenty common FAs studied by a targeted approach, palmitic acid, stearic acid and oleic acid were found at concentrations higher than the rest of the FAs (the conc

SUBMITTER: Mantzourani C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10046394 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature