Título

Unusual chemical composition of a Mexican propolis collected in Quintana Roo, Mexico

Autor

Severine Boisard

THI HUONG

FABIOLA ESCALANTE EROSA

LUIS IGNACIO HERNANDEZ CHAVEZ

LUIS MANUEL PEÑA RODRIGUEZ

Pascal Richomme

Nivel de Acceso

Acceso Abierto

Licencia

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0

Referencia de datos

doi: DOI: 10.1080/00218839.2016.1169651

Materias

AMYRINS - (AUTORES) BURSERA SIMARUBA - (AUTORES) MEXICAN PROPOLIS - (AUTORES) MEXICAN PROPOLIS - (AUTORES) PENTACYCLIC TRITERPENES - (AUTORES) STEROLS - (AUTORES) BIOLOGÍA Y QUÍMICA - (CTI)

Resumen o descripción

Propolis is a resinous natural substance collected by honey bees from buds and exudates of various trees and plants. It is widely accepted that the composition of propolis depends on the phytogeographic characteristics of the site of collection. In this study, we have analyzed the chemical composition of a propolis collected in Quintana Roo, Mexico, and evaluated its antioxidant, antifungal, and antibacterial activities. Unexpectedly, the chemical analysis showed that the main components of the ethanolic extract of this Mexican propolis appeared to be pentacyclic triterpenoids, such as α and β-amyrin derivatives, and sterols. The crude extract did not show antioxidant activity when tested using the DPPH-reduction assay, and it also proved inactive when tested for antifungal and antibacterial activities using microdilution and agar diffusion assays, respectively. The fact that the presence of both α and β-amyrins and their derivatives have been reported from the resin of Bursera simaruba, one of the plants used by the bees for propolis production in Quintana Roo, Mexico, confirms the relationship that exists between the flora available to bees in agiven region and the chemical composition of the propolis that they produce.

Fecha de publicación

2015

Tipo de publicación

Artículo

Versión de la publicación

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Recurso de información

http://cicy.repositorioinstitucional.mx/jspui/handle/1003/1091

Formato

application/pdf

Fuente

Journal of Apicultural Research, 54(4), 350-357, 2015

Idioma

Inglés

Relación

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Richomme, P. (2015). Unusual chemical composition of a Mexican propolis collected in Quintana Roo, Mexico. Journal of Apicultural Research, 54(4), 350-357.

Sugerencia de citación

Boisard, S., Huynh, T. H. T., Escalante-Erosa, F., Hernández-Chavez, L. I., Peña-Rodríguez, L. M.,

Repositorio Orígen

Repositorio Institucional CICY

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