Author(s):
Bankova, Vassya ; Bertelli, Davide ; Borba, Renata ; Conti, Bruno José ; da Silva Cunha, Ildenize Barbosa ; Danert, Carolina ; Eberlin, Marcos Nogueira ; I Falcão, Soraia ; Isla, María Inés ; Moreno, María Inés Nieva ; Papotti, Giulia ; Popova, Milena ; Santiago, Karina Basso ; Salas, Ana ; Sawaya, Alexandra Christine Helena Frankland ; Schwab, Nicolas Vilczaki ; Sforcin, José Maurício ; Simone-Finstrom, Michael ; Spivak, Marla ; Trusheva, Boryana ; Vilas-Boas, Miguel ; Wilson, Michael ; Zampini, Catiana
Date: 2018
Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/11449/176948
Origin: Oasisbr
Subject(s): Apis mellifera; BEEBOOK; biological activity; chemical composition; COLOSS; honey bee; plant sources; propolis; quality control; standardization
Description
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Propolis is one of the most fascinating honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) products. It is a plant derived product that bees produce from resins that they collect from different plant organs and with which they mix beeswax. Propolis is a building material and a protective agent in the bee hive. It also plays an important role in honey bee social immunity, and is widely used by humans as an ingredient of nutraceuticals, over-the-counter preparations and cosmetics. Its chemical composition varies by geographic location, climatic zone and local flora. The understanding of the chemical diversity of propolis is very important in propolis research. In this manuscript, we give an overview of the available methods for studying propolis in different aspects: propolis in the bee colony; chemical composition and plant sources of propolis; biological activity of propolis with respect to bees and humans; and approaches for standardization and quality control for the purposes of industrial application.
Institute of Organic Chemistry with Centre of Phytochemistry, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev str. bl.9, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università degli studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia, via Campi 103, 41125 Modena, Italy
Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota, St Paul, MN, USA
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Biosciences Institute, UNESP, 18618-970 Botucatu, SP, Brazil
Department of Plant Biology, Institute of Biology, State University of Campinas, UNICAMP, Campinas, SP, Brazil
Instituto de Química del Noroeste Argentino (INQUINOA), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científica y Técnica (CONICET), Universidad Nacional de Tucumán (UNT), San Lorenzo 1469, San Miguel de Tucumán, Tucumán, Argentina
ThoMSon Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, Institute of Chemistry, State University of Campinas, UNICAMP, Campinas, SP, Brazil
CIMO/Escola Superior Agrária, Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Campus de Sta. Apolónia Apartado, 1172, 5301-855 Bragança, Portugal
USDA-ARS, Honey Bee Breeding, Genetics and Physiology Research Laboratory, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
