<b>Pesticides in the propolis at São Saulo State, Brazil</b> - doi: 10.4025/actascianimsci.v34i4.15859 <b>Pesticides in the propolis at São Saulo State, Brazil</b> - doi: 10.4025/actascianimsci.v34i4.15859
<p class="ecxmsonormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Aldine401 BT;">The...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Editora da Universidade Estadual de Maringá (Eduem)
2012-10-01
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| Series: | Acta Scientiarum: Animal Sciences |
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| Online Access: | http://www.periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciAnimSci/article/view/15859 |
| Summary: | <p class="ecxmsonormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Aldine401 BT;">The increasing demand for propolis has caused a raise in its production. However, an increasingly pesticide-dependent agriculture is a great concern with regard to bees, their produce and environmental contamination. Current analysis evaluates the presence of pesticides (organochlorines, organophosphates, pyrethroids, carbamates, herbicides, fungicides and acaricides) in samples of propolis from the state of São Paulo, Brazil. Beekeepers from several localities in the state provided samples of propolis (50), which were collected, stored in non-toxic plastic bags and maintained in a freezer for analyses. Possible pesticide residues were examined by gas chromatography method but no pesticide residues were detected in the examined propolis samples. <span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US">Propolis analyzed in the state of São Paulo did not show any pesticide contamination.</span></span></span></p><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Aldine401 BT;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US"> </span></span></span></p><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span></p><br><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span><p class="aTitulodoArtigo" style="margin: 12pt 0cm 18pt; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Aldine401 BT;">The increasing demand for propolis has caused a raise in its production. However, an increasingly pesticide-dependent agriculture is a great concern with regard to bees, their produce and environmental contamination. Current analysis evaluates the presence of pesticides (organochlorines, organophosphates, pyrethroids, carbamates, herbicides, fungicides and acaricides) in samples of propolis from the state of São Paulo, Brazil. Beekeepers from several localities in the state provided samples of propolis (50), which were collected, stored in non-toxic plastic bags and maintained in a freezer for analyses. Possible pesticide residues were examined by gas chromatography method but no pesticide residues were detected in the examined propolis samples. <span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US">Propolis analyzed in the state of São Paulo did not show any pesticide contamination.</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Aldine401 BT;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US"> </span></span></span></p> |
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| ISSN: | 1806-2636 1807-8672 |