Chemical Composition and Botanical Origin of Red Propolis, a New Type of Brazilian Propolis

Red propolis is a new type of Brazilian propolis. This material, as well as the secretions of 20 plant species that are often mentioned as its probable botanical source, have been investigated by RP-HPTLC. Phytochemical evidence based on UV-VIS spectra, RP-HPLC and GC-MS, showed Dalbergia ecastophyl...

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Autores principales: Silva, Bruno B., Rosalen, Pedro L., Cury, Jaime A., Ikegaki, Masaharu, Souza, Vinícius C., Esteves, Alessandro, Alencar, Severino M.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2008
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Original Articles - Basic Science
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2529384/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18830449
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ecam/nem059
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Sumario:Red propolis is a new type of Brazilian propolis. This material, as well as the secretions of 20 plant species that are often mentioned as its probable botanical source, have been investigated by RP-HPTLC. Phytochemical evidence based on UV-VIS spectra, RP-HPLC and GC-MS, showed Dalbergia ecastophyllum (L.) Taub. to be the main source of red propolis in Alagoas state. The propolis and plant resin showed high relative percentages of the isoflavonoids 3-Hydroxy-8,9-dimethoxypterocarpan and medicarpin. To our knowledge this is the first report of the secretion of a leguminous species being the source of propolis.

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