Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
. 2008 Sep;5(3):313-6.
doi: 10.1093/ecam/nem059.

Chemical composition and botanical origin of red propolis, a new type of brazilian propolis

Bruno B Silva  1 , Pedro L Rosalen, Jaime A Cury, Masaharu Ikegaki, Vinícius C Souza, Alessandro Esteves, Severino M Alencar
Affiliations

Chemical composition and botanical origin of red propolis, a new type of brazilian propolis

Bruno B Silva et al. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2008 Sep.

Abstract

Red propolis is a new type of Brazilian propolis. This material, as well as the secretions of 20 plant species that are often mentioned as its probable botanical source, have been investigated by RP-HPTLC. Phytochemical evidence based on UV-VIS spectra, RP-HPLC and GC-MS, showed Dalbergia ecastophyllum (L.) Taub. to be the main source of red propolis in Alagoas state. The propolis and plant resin showed high relative percentages of the isoflavonoids 3-Hydroxy-8,9-dimethoxypterocarpan and medicarpin. To our knowledge this is the first report of the secretion of a leguminous species being the source of propolis.

Keywords: Dalbergia ecastophyllum; isoflavonoids; plant resin; red propolis.

PubMed Disclaimer

Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1.
HPLC chromatograms of ethanolic extracts of red propolis (EEP) and Dalbergia ecastophyllum resin (EER). 1, Fereulic acid; 2, UV λ 238, 276 nm; 3, Quercetin; 4, UV λ 239, 246 nm; 5, UV λ 237, 279 nm; 6, UV λ 281, 284 nm; 7, UV λ 237, 279 nm; 8, UV λ 243, 320 nm; 9, UV λ 232, 261 nm; 10, UV λ 246, 265 nm; 11, Chrysin; 12, UV λ 246, 324 nm; 13, UV λ 246, 265 nm.
See this image and copyright information in PMC

References

    1. Park YK, Alencar SM, Aguiar CL. Botanical origin and chemical composition of Brazilian propolis. J Agri Food Chem. 2002;50:2502–6. - PubMed
    1. Bankova V, Popov S, Marekov NL. Isopentenyl cinnamates from poplar buds and propolis. Phytochemistry. 1989;28:871–3.
    1. Kimoto T, Arai S, Koguchi M, Aga M, Nomura Y, Micallef MJ, et al. Apoptosis and suppression of tumor growth by artepillin C extracted from Brazilian propolis. Cancer Detect Prev. 1998;22:506–15. - PubMed
    1. Bankova V, Popov S, Marekov NL. High performance liquid chromatographic analysis of flavonoids from propolis. J Cromatog. 1982;242:135–43.
    1. Park YK, Paredes-guzman JF, Aguiar CL, Alencar SM, Fujiwara FY. Chemical constituents in Baccharis dracunculifolia as the main botanical origin of southeastern Brazilian propolis. J Agric. Food Chem. 2004;52:1100–03. - PubMed

LinkOut - more resources