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. 2013:2013:697390.
doi: 10.1155/2013/697390. Epub 2013 Apr 30.

Recent progress of propolis for its biological and chemical compositions and its botanical origin

Viviane Cristina Toreti  1 , Helia Harumi Sato, Glaucia Maria Pastore, Yong Kun Park
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Recent progress of propolis for its biological and chemical compositions and its botanical origin

Viviane Cristina Toreti et al. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2013.

Abstract

Propolis is the generic name given to the product obtained from resinous substances, which is gummy and balsamic and which is collected by bees from flowers, buds, and exudates of plants. It is a popular folk medicine possessing a broad spectrum of biological activities. These biological properties are related to its chemical composition and more specifically to the phenolic compounds that vary in their structure and concentration depending on the region of production, availability of sources to collect plant resins, genetic variability of the queen bee, the technique used for production, and the season in which propolis is produced. Many scientific articles are published every year in different international journal, and several groups of researchers have focused their attention on the chemical compounds and biological activity of propolis. This paper presents a review on the publications on propolis and patents of applications and biological constituents of propolis.

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Figure 1
Figure 1
Apis mellifera collecting propolis of Baccharis dracunculifolia to production propolis in Brazil. (a) Apis mellifera collecting leaf apices Baccharis dracunculifolia; (b) deposition of green propolis cracks in the hive.
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Figure 2
Scientific productivity on propolis between the decades (Chemical Abstracts).
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Figure 3
Scientific production on propolis by document type (Chemical Abstracts).
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Figure 4
Scientific production on propolis by patents (Chemical Abstracts).
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Figure 5
Scientific production on propolis by patents and languages (Chemical Abstracts).
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Figure 6
Scientific production on propolis and healthy by patents between the decades (Chemical Abstracts).
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Figure 7
Scientific production on propolis and healthy by patents and languages (Chemical Abstracts).
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Figure 8
Scientific production on propolis for dental treatment by patents and languages (Chemical Abstracts).
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Figure 9
Some typical flavonoids and phenolics present in green propolis.
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