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Review
. 2020 Dec 24;10(1):22.
doi: 10.3390/plants10010022.

Plant Sources Responsible for the Chemical Composition and Main Bioactive Properties of Poplar-Type Propolis

Daniel Severus Dezmirean  1 , Claudia Paşca  1 , Adela Ramona Moise  1 , Otilia Bobiş  2
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Review

Plant Sources Responsible for the Chemical Composition and Main Bioactive Properties of Poplar-Type Propolis

Daniel Severus Dezmirean et al. Plants (Basel). .

Abstract

Propolis is a resinous mixture, made by the honeybees from substances collected from tree or other plant buds, plant exudates, or resins found in the stem, branches, or leaves of different plants. The geographical origin of propolis is given by plant sources from respective areas. Different studies have classified this bee product according to the vegetal material from the same areas. Poplar-type propolis has the widest spread in the world, in the temperate zones from Europe, Asia, or North America. The name is given by the main plant source from where the bees are collecting the resins, although other vegetal sources are present in the mentioned areas. Different Pinus spp., Prunus spp., Acacia spp. and also Betula pendula, Aesculus hippocastanum, and Salix alba are important sources of resins for "poplar-type" propolis. The aim of this review is to identify the vegetal material's chemical composition and activities of plant resins and balms used by the bees to produce poplar-type propolis and to compare it with the final product from similar geographical regions. The relevance of this review is to find the similarities between the chemical composition and properties of plant sources and propolis. The latest determination methods of bioactive compounds from plants and propolis are also reviewed.

Keywords: bioactive properties; chemical composition; poplar-type propolis; vegetal material.

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Chemical structures of the most important polyphenolic compounds of Populus bud extracts.
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