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Title: | Identification of the plant origin of the botanical biomarkers of Mediterranean type propolis |
Authors: | Popova, Milena Trusheva, Boryana Cutajar, Simone Antonova, Daniela Mifsud, David Farrugia, Claude Bankova, Vassya |
Keywords: | Propolis -- Mediterranean Region Italian cypress -- Mediterranean Region Botany -- Research -- Mediterranean Region Plants -- Research -- Mediterranean Region Biochemical markers -- Mediterranean Region |
Issue Date: | 2012 |
Publisher: | Natural Product Inc. |
Citation: | Popova, M., Trusheva, B., Cutajar, S., Antonova, D., Mifsud, D., Farrugia, C., & Bankova, V. (2012). Identification of the plant origin of the botanical biomarkers of Mediterranean type propolis. Natural Product Communications, 7(5), 569-570. |
Abstract: | Propolis is a honeybee product which bees produce by collecting resins from various botanical sources. The chemical composition of propolis is directly dependant on the availability of resinous plant materials in different geographic regions. This study was undertaken to evaluate the resinous plant sources used by bees to produce Mediterranean type propolis. Although this propolis type has already been the subject of numerous studies, its major botanical source had not yet been identified. In this study, using GC-MS analysis, we identify the resin of the common cypress, Cupressus sempervirens, as the major plant source of the characteristic diterpene fingerprint profile of Mediterranean propolis. |
URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/21009 |
ISSN: | 1934578X 15559475 |
Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - InsESRSF |
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