Baccharis dracunculifolia and Dalbergia ecastophyllum, Main Plant Sources for Bioactive Properties in Green and Red Brazilian Propolis

doi:10.3390/plants9111619

Review

. 2020 Nov 21;9(11):1619.

doi: 10.3390/plants9111619.

Baccharis dracunculifolia and Dalbergia ecastophyllum, Main Plant Sources for Bioactive Properties in Green and Red Brazilian Propolis

Adela Ramona Moise¹, Otilia Bobiş²

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¹ Department of Apiculture and Sericulture, Faculty of Animal Breeding and Biotechnologies, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca, 400372 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
² Life Science Institute "King Michael I of Romania", University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca, 400372 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.

PMID: 33233429
PMCID: PMC7700410
DOI: 10.3390/plants9111619

Review

Baccharis dracunculifolia and Dalbergia ecastophyllum, Main Plant Sources for Bioactive Properties in Green and Red Brazilian Propolis

Adela Ramona Moise et al. Plants (Basel). 2020.

. 2020 Nov 21;9(11):1619.

doi: 10.3390/plants9111619.

Authors

Adela Ramona Moise¹, Otilia Bobiş²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Apiculture and Sericulture, Faculty of Animal Breeding and Biotechnologies, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca, 400372 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
² Life Science Institute "King Michael I of Romania", University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca, 400372 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.

PMID: 33233429
PMCID: PMC7700410
DOI: 10.3390/plants9111619

Abstract

Nowadays, propolis is used as a highly valuable product in alternative medicine for improving health or treating a large spectrum of pathologies, an ingredient in pharmaceutical products, and also as a food additive. Different vegetal materials are collected by honeybees and mixed with wax and other own substances in order to obtain the final product, called propolis. It is known as the bee product with the widest chemical composition due to the raw material collected by the bees. Different types are known worldwide: green Brazilian propolis (having Baccharis dracunculifolia as the major plant source), red Brazilian propolis (from Dalbergia ecastophyllum), European propolis (Populus nigra L.), Russian propolis (Betula verrucosa Ehrh), Cuban and Venezuelan red propolis (Clusia spp.), etc. An impressive number of scientific papers already demonstrate the pharmacological potential of different types of propolis, the most important activities being the antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, antitumor, immunomodulatory, and antioxidant activities. However, the bioactive compounds responsible for each activity have not been fully elucidated. This review aims to collect important data about the chemical composition and bioactive properties of the vegetal sources and to compare with the chemical composition of respective propolis types, in order to determine the connection between the floral source and the propolis properties.

Keywords: Baccharis dracunculifolia; Dalbergia ecastophyllum; bioactive properties; chemical composition; propolis.

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**Figure 1**
Green and red Brazilian propolis (photo source: [18,19]).

**Figure 2**
Chemical structure of the main green Brazilian propolis markers (a) para-coumaric acid; (b) artepillin C; (c) baccharin.

**Figure 3**
Chemical structure of the main red Brazilian propolis markers (a) vestinol; (b) neovestinol; (c) formononetine.

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[1] Bankova V.S., De Castro S.L., Marcucci M.C. Propolis: Recent advances in chemistry and plant origin. Apidologie. 2000;31:3–15. doi: 10.1051/apido:2000102. - DOI

[2] Bankova V.S., De Castro S.L., Marcucci M.C. Propolis: Recent advances in chemistry and plant origin. Apidologie. 2000;31:3–15. doi: 10.1051/apido:2000102. - DOI

[3] Lins Cavalcanti de Pontes M., Alves Vasconcelos I.R., de Fátima Formiga de Melo Diniza M., de Luna Freire Pessôa H. Chemical characterization and pharmacological action of Brazilian red propolis. Acta Brasiliensis. 2018;1:34–39. doi: 10.22571/2526-433868. - DOI

[4] Lins Cavalcanti de Pontes M., Alves Vasconcelos I.R., de Fátima Formiga de Melo Diniza M., de Luna Freire Pessôa H. Chemical characterization and pharmacological action of Brazilian red propolis. Acta Brasiliensis. 2018;1:34–39. doi: 10.22571/2526-433868. - DOI

[5] Markham K.R., Mitchell K.A., Wilkins A.L., Daldy J.A., Lu Y. HPLC and GC-MS identification of the major organic constituents in New Zeland propolis. Phytochemistry. 1996;42:205–211. doi: 10.1016/0031-9422(96)83286-9. - DOI

[6] Markham K.R., Mitchell K.A., Wilkins A.L., Daldy J.A., Lu Y. HPLC and GC-MS identification of the major organic constituents in New Zeland propolis. Phytochemistry. 1996;42:205–211. doi: 10.1016/0031-9422(96)83286-9. - DOI

[7] Bankova V. Chemical diversity of propolis and the problem of standardization. J. Ethnopharm. 2005;100:114–117. doi: 10.1016/j.jep.2005.05.004. - DOI - PubMed

[8] Bankova V. Chemical diversity of propolis and the problem of standardization. J. Ethnopharm. 2005;100:114–117. doi: 10.1016/j.jep.2005.05.004. - DOI - PubMed

[9] Marcucci M.C. Propolis: Chemical composition, biological properties and therapeutical activity. Apidologie. 1995;26:83–99. doi: 10.1051/apido:19950202. - DOI

[10] Marcucci M.C. Propolis: Chemical composition, biological properties and therapeutical activity. Apidologie. 1995;26:83–99. doi: 10.1051/apido:19950202. - DOI

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