Department Name: Bee Product Quality Supervision and Testing Center, Ministry of Agriculture, P. R. China (Beijing)
Leader: LI Yi      E-mail: liyi01@caas.cn
Brief introduction:
       The center is a national level bee products quality inspection agency of China. It owns 1024m2 building area, and 28 million yuan fixed assets. The center is equipped with 118 state of the art instruments and equipments, such as liquid chromatography time of flight mass spectrometry, isotope mass spectrometry, liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry, and inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry, etc. The center sets up two departments：the business office and the testing office, and includes 21 staff with 2 professors, 6 associate professors, and 3 research assistants, 9 people obtained Ph.D and Master degrees in the majors of analytical chemistry, pesticide analysis, veterinary drug residues analysis, food science, bee science, special economic animal feeding and sanitary inspection, etc. The center’s business contains the analysis of bee products and other agricultural products, food ingredients, active components, pesticides and veterinary drug residues, heavy metal residues, addictive, micro-organism, biological toxins and genetically modified components.
Objectives:
       The center is based on the research and development of testing techniques and process control techniques. It carries out the establishment and standardization of innovative testing methods and quality control methods of pesticides and veterinary drug residue in bee products, biological toxins, persistent environmental contaminant, adulterated features and nutritional components. It provides testing services and justice data for government supervision, enterprise quality control, market trade and scientific research; and technical supports for the improvements of bee products’ quality and safety in China.
Patents:
1. A new method for determining the freshness of royal jelly. 2011.Chinapatent number: ZL200810116945.4.
2. A rapid detection method for fresh degree of royal jelly. 2010. China patent number: ZL200710067214.0
3. A rapid food freshness detection reagent and detection method. 2010. China patent number: ZL200710067215.5
4. Bee product composition and preparation method. 2012. China patent number: ZL200810225313.1
5. A rapid detection method for fresh degree of royal jelly. 2010. China patent number: ZL200710067214.0
6. A new infrared spectrum method for evaluating the freshness of royal jelly. 2012. China patent number: ZL200810117290.2
7. A method for evaluating the suitability of the storage condition of royal jelly. 2012. China patent number: ZL200810223497.8
8. A new method for evaluating the quality of royal jelly. 2012. China patent number: ZL200810223379.7
9.Determination of 10-HDA in royal jelly soft capsule by HPLC. 2010. China patent number: CN101504397A
10. The extraction and application of a rice syrup. 2013. China patent number: ZL201110220841.X
11.A method for extracting coenzyme Q10 from bee pollen and its application. 2014. China patent number: ZL201110364321.6
Selected Publications:
1. Li Y, Qi Y, Ritho J, Zhang Y, Zheng X, Zhou J, Sun L. (2015). Characterization of flavonoid glycosides from rapeseed bee pollen using a combination of chromatography, spectrometry and nuclear magnetic resonance with a step-wise separation strategy. International Journal of Production Research, 18:1-4
2. Zhou J, Qi Y, Wu H, Diao Q, Tian F, Li Y. (2014). Simultaneous determination of trace migration of phthalate esters in honey and royal jelly by GC-MS. Journal of Separation Science, 37:650-657
3. Zhou J, Yao L, Li Y, Chen L, Wu L, Zhao J. (2014). Floral classification of honey using liquid chromatography-diode array detection-tandem mass spectrometry and chemometric analysis.  Food Chemistry, 145:941-949
4. Zhou L, Xue X, Zhou J, Li Y, Zhao J, Wu L. (2012). Fast determination of adenosine 5&39;-triphosphate (ATP) and its catabolites in royal jelly using ultraperformance liquid chromatography. Journal of Agricultural Food Chemistry, 60:8994-8999
5. Xue X, Zhao J, Chen L, Zhou J, Yue B, Li Y, Wu L, Liu F. (2012). Analysis of coenzyme Q10 in bee pollen using online cleanup by accelerated solvent extraction and high performance liquid chromatography. Food Chemistry, 133:573-578
6. Zhou J, Qi Y, Hou Y, Zhao J, Li Y, Xue X, Wu L, Zhang J, Chen F. (2011). Quantitative determination of juvenile hormone III and 20-hydroxyecdysone in queen larvae and drone pupae of Apis mellifera by ultrasonic-assisted extraction and liquid chromatography with electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry. Journal of Chromatography B-analytical Technologies in the Biomedical and Life Sciences, 879:2533-2541
7. Zhou J, Zhao J, Zhang S, Shen J, Qi Y, Xue X, Li Y, Wu L, Zhang J, Chen F, Chen L. (2010). Quantification of melittin and apamin in bee venom lyophilized powder from Apis mellifera by liquid chromatography-diode array detector-tandem mass spectrometry. Analytical Biochemistry, 404:171-178
8. Du B, Wu L, Xue X, Chen L, Li Y, Zhao J, Cao W. (2015). Rapid Screening of Multiclass Syrup Adulterants in Honey by Ultrahigh-Performance Liquid Chromatography/Quadrupole Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry. Journal of Agricultural Food Chemistry, 63:6614-6623
9. Wu Z, Chen L, Wu L, Xue X, Zhao J, Li Y, Ye Z, Lin G. (2015). Classification of Chinese Honeys According to Their Floral Origins Using Elemental and Stable Isotopic Compositions. Journal of Agricultural Food Chemistry, 63:5388-5394
10. Wu L, Chen L, Selvaraj JN, Wei Y, Wang Y, Li Y, Zhao J, Xue X. (2014). Identification of the distribution of adenosine phosphates, nucleosides and nucleobases in royal jelly. Food Chemistry, 173:1111-1118
11. Jia Q, Yu S, Cheng N, Wu L, Jia J, Xue X, Cao W. (2014). Stability of nitrofuran residues during honey processing and nitrofuran removal by macroporous adsorption resins. Food Chemistry, 162:110-116
12. Zhou J, Yao L, Li Y, Chen L, Wu L, Zhao J. (2014). Floral classification of honey using liquid chromatography-diode array detection-tandem mass spectrometry and chemometric analysis. Food Chemistry, 145:941-949
13. Xue X, Wang Q, Li Y, Wu L, Chen L, Zhao J, Liu F. (2013). 2-acetylfuran-3-glucopyranoside as a novel marker for the detection of honey adulterated with rice syrup. Journal of Agricultural Food Chemistry, 61:7488-7493
14. Zhou L, Xue X, Zhou J, Li Y, Zhao J, Wu L. (2012). Fast determination of adenosine 5&39;-triphosphate (ATP) and its catabolites in royal jelly using ultraperformance liquid chromatography. Journal of Agricultural Food Chemistry, 60:8994-8999
15. Xue X, Zhao J, Chen L, Zhou J, Yue B, Li Y, Wu L, Liu F. (2012). Analysis of coenzyme Q10 in bee pollen using online cleanup by accelerated solvent extraction and high performance liquid chromatography. Food Chemistry, 133:573-578