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Extraction and Analysis of Taiwanese Green Propolis
Published on: January 7, 2019
A New Propolis Type from Changbai Mountains in North-east China: Chemical Composition, Botanical Origin and
Xiasen Jiang1, Jing Tian2, Yufei Zheng3
1College of Animal Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China. Jxsen@zju.edu.cn.
Abstract:
Propolis is a bee product with a wide range of biological activities and its chemical compounds depend highly on the type of plant accessible to the bees. The Changbai Mountains are a major mountain range in Northeast China and are one of the major bee product-producing areas in China. In this study, we evaluated the total phenolic acids and flavonoid contents as well as the antioxidant activity of propolis sampled from the Changbai Mountains area (CBM). We identified the major compounds and qualified their contents by HPLC-ESI/MS and HPLC-UV, and found that the content of p-coumaric acid and an unknown peak (CBE) in CBM propolis was higher than in propolis from other parts of China. The unknown compound CBE was isolated, purified, and identified as benzyl p-coumarate by MS and NMR. Possible plant sources of CBM propolis are Populus davidiana dode and Populus simonii Carr, which widely distributed in the Changbai Mountains area. CBM propolis is a new propolis type, that could be an excellent raw material for health foods and pharmaceuticals.
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