Propolis volatile compounds: chemical diversity and biological activity: a review

V Bankova, M Popova, B Trusheva - Chemistry Central Journal, 2014 - Springer
Propolis is a sticky material collected by bees from plants, and used in the hive as building
material and defensive substance. It has been popular as a remedy in Europe since ancient …

A Review on chemical compositions, biological activity and formulation techniques of Malaysian honey bee and meliponine propolis

K Maroof, SH Gan - Journal of Biologically Active Products from …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Propolis (bee glue) is a resinous substance that bees collect from living plants to repair and
sterilize the hive environment. Propolis possesses a wide range of beneficial biological …

Chemometric analysis of bee pollen based on volatile and phenolic compound compositions and antioxidant properties

V Kaškonienė, G Ruočkuvienė, P Kaškonas… - Food Analytical …, 2015 - Springer
The aim of this study was to determine total amounts of phenolics and flavonoids, radical
scavenging activities, and compositions of phenolic and volatile compounds in 14 samples …

Propolis envelope in Apis mellifera colonies supports honey bees against the pathogen, Paenibacillus larvae

RS Borba, M Spivak - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Honey bees have immune defenses both as individuals and as a colony (eg, individual and
social immunity). One form of honey bee social immunity is the collection of antimicrobial …

Essential oils extracted from organic propolis residues: An exploratory analysis of their antibacterial and antioxidant properties and volatile profile

NY Ikeda, CMS Ambrosio, AC Miano, PL Rosalen… - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
The industrial processing of crude propolis generates residues. Essential oils (EOs) from
propolis residues could be a potential source of natural bioactive compounds to replace …

Polyphenol profile by UHPLC-MS/MS, anti-glycation, antioxidant and cytotoxic activities of several samples of propolis from the northeastern semi-arid region of Brazil

JA Xavier, IB Valentim, FOS Camatari… - Pharmaceutical …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Context: Propolis has promising biological activities. Propolis samples from the Northeast of
Bahia, Brazil–sample A from Ribeira do Pombal and B, from Tucano–were investigated, with …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of mutagenic and antimicrobial properties of brown propolis essential oil from the Brazilian Cerrado biome

FH Fernandes, ZR Guterres, IMP Violante, TFS Lopes… - Toxicology reports, 2015 - Elsevier
Biological, and particularly antimicrobial, activities have been demonstrated for the essential
oil of propolis samples worlwide, yet their mutagenic effects remain unknown. To correlate …

Composition, antibiofilm, and antibacterial potential of volatile oils from geopropolis of different stingless bees' species

A Storch Portal, S Schiquet… - Chemistry & …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
We aimed to characterize and investigate the antibacterial potential of the native stingless
bees geopropolis volatile oils (VO) for the search of potentially new bioactive compounds …

Chemical composition and biological activities of Cypriot propolis

A Nalbantsoy, NB Sarıkahya, CS Özverel… - Journal of Apicultural …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Propolis compositions are highly variable, depending on the geographic region and the
season of collection. In this study, propolis samples from seven different regions of Cyprus …

Chemometric analysis of volatiles of propolis from different regions using static headspace GC-MS

V Kaškonienė, P Kaškonas, A Maruška… - Open Chemistry, 2014 - degruyter.com
Six samples of propolis were analyzed in the paper: a sample from Brazil, Estonia, China
and three samples from different locations of Uruguay. Static headspace technique coupled …