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Propolis from native Stingless Bees: ultrasound-assisted extraction

Vitae (Medellín); 29 (2), 2022
BACKGROUND: Propolis has been considered a highly valuable material due to its therapeutic properties. However, in Colombia, the commercialization of propolis is limited not only by low production but also by the little knowledge about its efficient extraction. Therefore, finding an optimal and economica...

Caracterización Química y Actividad Antibacteriana in vitro de un Extracto Etanólico de Propóleo Peruano Frente a Streptococcus mutans

El objetivo del estudio fue caracterizar químicamente un extracto etanólico de propóleo peruano y evaluar su actividad antibacteriana frente a Streptococcus mutans. (S. mutans). Se obtuvo el extracto etanólico de propóleo (EEP) por maceración en alcohol al 70 % durante 15 días, el EEP fue sometido...

Brazilian Green Propolis: Chemical Composition of Essential Oil and Their In Vitro Antioxidant, Antibacterial and Antiproliferative Activities

Abstract Propolis is a resinous substance collected and processed by Apis mellifera from parts of plants, buds and exudates. In Minas Gerais (MG) state, Brazil, green propolis is produced from the collection of resinous substance found in shoot apices of Baccharis dracunculifolia. This paper aims to inve...

Phytochemical screening and in vitro antibacterial, antifungal, antioxidant and antitumor activities of the red propolis Alagoas

Braz. j. biol; 79 (3), 2019
Abstract The study aimed to evaluate the antimicrobial activity, antioxidant, toxicity and phytochemical screening of the Red Propolis Alagoas. Antimicrobial activity was evaluated by disk diffusion method. Determination of antioxidant activity was performed using the DPPH assay (1.1-diphenyl-2-picrylhy...

Evaluación in vitro de la actividad antimicrobiana de un propóleo chileno sobre muestras clínicas de exudados bucofaríngeos y cepas ATCC

Propolis is a substance manufactured by Apis mellifera and has been widely used in folk medicine due to its high concentration of bioactive compounds. The purpose of the following study was to characterize and evaluate in vitro the antimicrobial properties of propolis on clinical samples and ATCC strains...

Evaluación de la actividad anti-inflamatoria de propóleos chileno sobre cortes histológicos de orejas de ratón

Int. j. morphol; 36 (1), 2018
RESUMEN: El propóleos es un producto resinoso complejo producido por las abejas Apis mellifera, el cual posee diversas actividades biológicas como inmunomodulador, antiinflamatorio, anticancerígeno, antiviral, antibacteriano, antioxidante, entre otros. El propósito del siguiente estudio fue realizar ...

Susceptibilidad de Cepas de Candida Oral a Extracto Etanólico del Propóleo Chileno de Olmué

RESUMEN: La infección por Candida albicans en la mucosa oral es conocida como Candidiasis oral (CO) y se diagnostica por el reconocimiento de cambios clínicos y la presencia de pseudohifas, hifas o levaduras en muestras obtenidas por citología exfoliativa o biopsia. Los agentes farmacológicos tópico...

Propolis from Southwest of Parana produced by selected bees: Influence of seasonality and food supplementation on antioxidant activity and phenolic profile

An. acad. bras. ciênc; 89 (1), 2017
ABSTRACT Propolis produced by selected bees Apis mellifera were collected from March to June of 2013 and in March of 2015 and analyzed in order to evaluate the influence of climate, colony of origin, and food supplementation of colonies on the content of total phenolic and flavonoid by chromatographic an...

Melipona mondury produces a geopropolis with antioxidant, antibacterial and antiproliferative activities

An. acad. bras. ciênc; 89 (3,supl), 2017
ABSTRACT Geopropolis is a special type of propolis produced by stingless bees. Several pharmacological properties have been described for different types of geopropolis, but there have been no previous studies of the geopropolis from Melipona mondury. In this study, we investigated the antioxidant, antib...

Pythium insidiosum: inhibitory effects of propolis and geopropolis on hyphal growth

Braz. j. microbiol; 47 (4), 2016
Abstract Propolis and geopropolis are resinous products of bees showing antimicrobial effects. There is no data concerning their action against Pythium insidiosum - the causative agent of pythiosis, a pyogranulomatous disease of the subcutaneous tissue that affects mostly horses, dogs and humans. Fragmen...