| Title: | "Chemical Composition of Volatile Compounds in Apis mellifera Propolis from the Northeast Region of Para State, Brazil" |
| Author(s): | de Oliveira MS; Cruz JN; Ferreira OO; Pereira DS; Pereira NS; Oliveira MEC; Venturieri GC; Guilhon G; Souza Filho A; Andrade EHA; |
| Address: | "Programa de Pos-Graduacao em Biodiversidade e Biotecnologia-Rede Bionorte, Universidade Federal do Para, Rua Augusto Correa S/N, Guama, Belem 66075-900, PA, Brazil. Laboratorio Adolpho Ducke-Coordenacao de Botanica, Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi, Av. Perimetral, 1901, Terra Firme, Belem 66077-830, PA, Brazil. Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuaria-Embrapa Amazonia Oriental, Tv. Dr. Eneas Pinheiro, s/n-Marco, Belem 66095-903, PA, Brazil. Laboratory of Soil Water for Irrigation Purposes and Vegetable Tissues, Federal Institute of Education Science and Technology of Ceara, Limoeiro do Norte 62930-000, CE, Brazil. Pollination Ecology, Meliponiculture and Beekeeping, NATIVO Company, Wavell Heights North, QLD 4012, Australia. Faculdade de Quimica, Universidade Federal do Para, Rua Augusto Correa S/N, Guama, Belem 66075-900, PA, Brazil" |
| DOI: | 10.3390/molecules26113462 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1420-3049 (Electronic) 1420-3049 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Propolis is a balsamic product obtained from vegetable resins by exotic Africanized bees Apis mellifera L., transported and processed by them, originating from the activity that explores and maintains these individuals. Because of its vegetable and natural origins, propolis is a complex mixture of different compound classes; among them are the volatile compounds present in the aroma. In this sense, in the present study we evaluated the volatile fraction of propolis present in the aroma obtained by distillation and simultaneous extraction, and its chemical composition was determined using coupled gas chromatography, mass spectrometry, and flame ionization detection. The majority of compounds were sesquiterpene and hydrocarbons, comprising 8.2-22.19% alpha-copaene and 6.2-21.7% beta-caryophyllene, with additional compounds identified in greater concentrations. Multivariate analysis showed that samples collected from one region may have different chemical compositions, which may be related to the location of the resin's production. This may be related to other bee products" |
| Keywords: | "Animals Bees/*chemistry Brazil Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry/methods Hydrocarbons/chemistry Polycyclic Sesquiterpenes/chemistry Propolis/*chemistry Resins, Plant/chemistry Sesquiterpenes/chemistry Volatile Organic Compounds/*chemistry Amazon aroma;" |
| Notes: | "Medlinede Oliveira, Mozaniel Santana Cruz, Jorddy Neves Ferreira, Oberdan Oliveira Pereira, Daniel Santiago Pereira, Natanael Santiago Oliveira, Marcos Ene Chaves Venturieri, Giorgio Cristino Guilhon, Giselle Maria Skelding Pinheiro Souza Filho, Antonio Pedro da Silva Andrade, Eloisa Helena de Aguiar eng Switzerland 2021/07/03 Molecules. 2021 Jun 7; 26(11):3462. doi: 10.3390/molecules26113462" |
