[Propolis: its use in technology and research]

Analytical procedure more advanced allowed to identify, to isolate, and assay the compounds present in propoli which is is developed to be a valuable biological product as food resource as medical resource. Analytical procedure more and more sophisticated allowed (us) to assay the propoli composition without operate the derivatization of phenolic constituents making use the capacity of different detector used. These phenolic contents were analysed by capillary gas chromatography using an electron-capture detector. This detector shown a good electron capture response of these compounds, which belong to the so-called "conjugated electrophores".