Botanical Origin and Chemical Composition of Brazilian Propolis
- 14 March 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
- Vol. 50 (9), 2502-2506
- https://doi.org/10.1021/jf011432b
Abstract
Brazilian propolis has been classified into 12 groups based on physicochemical characteristics: five in the southern Brazil group (group 3), one in the southeastern Brazil group (group 12), and six in the northeastern Brazil group (group 6). The plant origins of these groups were investigated using reversed-phase high-performance thin-layer chromatography (RPHPTLC), reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (RPHPLC), and gas chromatography−mass spectrometry (GC−MS). It was concluded that the origins of propolis group 3, group 6, and group 12 are resins of the poplar tree, Hyptis divaricata, and Baccharis dracunculifolia, respectively. Keywords: Propolis; flavonoids; Africanized Apis mellifera; bud resin; leaf resinKeywords
This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
- Review of the biological properties and toxicity of bee propolis (propolis)Food and Chemical Toxicology, 1998
- ab initio-Rechnungen zur Tautomerie, Acidität und Basizität von 1-MethyIpyrazolin- 2-on-5 und seinen Schwefel und Selen Analogen / ab initio Calculations of the Tautomerism, the Acidity and the Basicity of 1-Methyl- pyrazoline-2-one-5 and the Corresponding Sulphur and Selenium AnalogsZeitschrift für Naturforschung B, 1997
- Studies on Functional Foods in Japan—State of the ArtBioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry, 1996
- Fast chromatographic study of propolis crudesFood Chemistry, 1991
- Hybrid status of honey bee populations near the historic origin of Africanization in BrazilApidologie, 1991
- The Composition and Plant Origins of Propolis: A Report of Work at OxfordBee World, 1990
- Plant Sources of PropolisBee World, 1985
- Propolis: A ReviewBee World, 1979