Antiviral, antibacterial, antifungal, and antiparasitic properties of propolis: A review

F Zulhendri, K Chandrasekaran, M Kowacz, M Ravalia… - Foods, 2021 - mdpi.com
Propolis is a complex phytocompound made from resinous and balsamic material harvested
by bees from flowers, branches, pollen, and tree exudates. Humans have used propolis …

A comprehensive review of stingless bee products: Phytochemical composition and beneficial properties of honey, propolis, and pollen

AS Rozman, N Hashim, B Maringgal, K Abdan - Applied Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
The stingless bee has been gaining more attention in recent years due to the uniqueness
and benefits of its products. Similar to the common honeybee, stingless bees also produce …

Phytochemical constituents, antioxidant, cytotoxic, and antimicrobial activities of the ethanolic extract of Mexican brown propolis

JF Rivero-Cruz, J Granados-Pineda… - Antioxidants, 2020 - mdpi.com
Propolis is a complex mixture of natural sticky and resinous components produced by
honeybees from living plant exudates. Globally, research has been dedicated to studying …

Propolis of stingless bees: a phytochemist's guide through the jungle of tropical biodiversity

M Popova, B Trusheva, V Bankova - Phytomedicine, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Background Stingless bees (Meliponini), like honeybees Apis mellifera, collect
plant resins in order to produce propolis (cerumen, geopropolis). This type of propolis has …

Analysis of bacteria associated with honeys of different geographical and botanical origin using two different identification approaches: MALDI-TOF MS and 16S rDNA …

P Pomastowski, M Złoch, A Rodzik, M Ligor… - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
In the presented work identification of microorganisms isolated from various types of honeys
was performed. Martix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry …

Bee species, botanical sources and the chemical composition of propolis from Yucatan, Mexico

MG Herrera-López, P Richomme… - Journal of Chemical …, 2023 - Springer
Propolis is used by corbiculated bees to protect the bee hive; it is mostly used to seal cracks,
to reduce or prevent microbial growth and to embalm invaders. Different factors have been …

Pentacyclic triterpenes and other constituents in propolis extract from Melipona beecheii collected in Yucatan, México

A Yam-Puc, AA Santana-Hernández… - Revista Brasileira de …, 2019 - SciELO Brasil
Thirteen pentacyclic triterpenes, methyl 3-oxours-12-en-23-oate, marsformosanone,
taraxerone, β-amyrenone, α-amyrenone, lupenone, 24-methylencycloartan-3-one …

Screening for quality indicators and phenolic compounds of biotechnological interest in honey samples from six species of stingless bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

RG OLIVEIRA, S Jain, AC Luna, LS Freitas… - Food Science and …, 2017 - SciELO Brasil
Honey from stingless bees of the genus Melipona is a well sought product. Nevertheless
lack of legal frameworks for quality assessment complicates the evaluation of food safety …

Rapid Determination of Major Compounds in the Ethanol Extract of Geopropolis from Malaysian Stingless Bees, Heterotrigona itama, by UHPLC-Q-TOF/MS and NMR

L Zhao, M Yu, M Sun, X Xue, T Wang, W Cao, L Sun - Molecules, 2017 - mdpi.com
A reliable, rapid analytical method was established for the characterization of constituents of
the ethanol extract of geopropolis (EEGP) produced by Malaysian stingless bees …

[HTML][HTML] Could antioxidant capacity and flavonoid content of ethanolic extracts of geopropolis from Brazilian native bees be estimated from digital photos and NIR …

JF Turco, CL do Nascimento, VA de Lima… - Microchemical …, 2020 - Elsevier
In the current study, Multi Imaging Analysis (MIA) of digital photographs and NIR spectra of
ethanolic extracts of geopropolis (EEGs) from Brazilian native bees were used for the first …