Recent advances in the chemical composition of propolis

S Huang, CP Zhang, K Wang, GQ Li, FL Hu - Molecules, 2014 - mdpi.com
Propolis is a honeybee product with broad clinical applications. Current literature describes
that propolis is collected from plant resins. From a systematic database search, 241 …

Biological properties of propolis extracts: Something new from an ancient product

N Zabaiou, A Fouache, A Trousson, S Baron… - Chemistry and physics …, 2017 - Elsevier
Natural products are an interesting source of new therapeutics, especially for cancer therapy
as 70% of them have botany origin. Propolis, a resinous mixture that honey bees collect and …

Propolis: a complex natural product with a plethora of biological activities that can be explored for drug development

R Silva-Carvalho, F Baltazar… - Evidence‐Based …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The health industry has always used natural products as a rich, promising, and alternative
source of drugs that are used in the health system. Propolis, a natural resinous product …

Natural phenolic compounds from medicinal herbs and dietary plants: potential use for cancer prevention

WY Huang, YZ Cai, Y Zhang - Nutrition and cancer, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
Natural phenolic compounds play an important role in cancer prevention and treatment.
Phenolic compounds from medicinal herbs and dietary plants include phenolic acids …

Propolis and bee health: the natural history and significance of resin use by honey bees

M Simone-Finstrom, M Spivak - Apidologie, 2010 - apidologie.org
Social immunity, which describes how individual behaviors of group members effectively
reduce disease and parasite transmission at the colony level, is an emerging field in social …

Chemical composition, antioxidant activity and antimicrobial properties of propolis extracts from Greece and Cyprus

N Kalogeropoulos, SJ Konteles, E Troullidou… - Food chemistry, 2009 - Elsevier
Chemical composition, antioxidant activity and in vitro antimicrobial activity of twelve
propolis ethanolic extracts (PEE) from mainland Greece, Greek islands, and east Cyprus …

The anticancer activity of propolis

D Sawicka, H Car, MH Borawska… - Folia Histochemica et …, 2012 - journals.viamedica.pl
Propolis and its compounds have been the subject of many studies due to their antimicrobial
and antiinflammatory activity; however, it is now known that they also possess antitumor …

Insight on propolis from mediterranean countries: Chemical composition, biological activities and application fields

S El‐Guendouz, B Lyoussi… - Chemistry & …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
This review updates the information upon the chemical composition of propolis from all
Mediterranean countries as well as their biological properties and applications. The non …

Biological activity and chemical composition of propolis from various regions of Poland

M Woźniak, A Sip, L Mrówczyńska, J Broniarczyk… - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Propolis is one of the bee products, with multiple biological properties used in numerous
applications. The research objective was to determine the chemical composition and …

Antibacterial effectiveness of chitosan–propolis coated polypropylene films against foodborne pathogens

E Torlak, D Sert - International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2013 - Elsevier
Antibacterial properties of chitosan are well documented in the literature. However its
antibacterial effectiveness in the film form is controversial due to the methodological …