Revisiting Greek Propolis: Chromatographic Analysis and Antioxidant Activity Study.

ABSTRACT: Propolis is a bee product that has been extensively used in alternative medicine and recently has gained interest on a global scale as an essential ingredient of healthy foods and cosmetics. Propolis is also considered to improve human health and to prevent diseases such as inflammation, heart disease, diabetes and even cancer. However, the claimed effects are anticipated to be correlated to its chemical composition. Since propolis is a natural product, its composition is consequently expected to be variable depending on the local flora alignment. In this work, we present the development of a novel HPLC-PDA-ESI/MS targeted method, used to identify and quantify 59 phenolic compounds in Greek propolis hydroalcoholic extracts. Amongst them, nine phenolic compounds are herein reported for the

SUBMITTER: Kasiotis KM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5245904 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature