Investigation of The Fatty Acid Amounts in The Bee Pollens of Collected from Bingol’s Flora

In this study, fatty acid compounds in the bee pollens collected from five different locations of Bingöl were investigated. A total of 27 samples of polen, each 4 of which taken from 5 different places, were examined. Pollen samples were extracted and extractions were analyzed by gas choromatography (GC). According to results, while significant difference in the amount of palmitic acid (C16:0) and stearic acid (C18:0) oleic acid (C18:1n-9) and γ – linolenic acid (C18:3n-6) were found, the amounts of palmitoleic acid ( C16:1n-7), linoleic acid (C18:2n-6), α – linolenic acid (C18:3n-3), saturated fatty acids (SFA), monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFA) and polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) were not found significant (p 0.05). As a result, it was found that the unsaturated-to-saturated fatty acids ratio (TUFA/SFA ratio) in the pollen samples examined ranged from 1.57 to 1.92 and essential fatty acids appeared to be mixture of α-linolenic acid and γ- linolenic acid, 33% and linoleic acid 10 %, respectively of the total fatty acids. It can be thought that with this study one can get information about biological value and nutritional quality of the pollen grains in the this region and this investigation will have an important effect on improvement of the knowledge of that area.