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Apidologie
Volume 34, Number 3, May-June 2003
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| Page(s) | 291 - 298 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/apido:2003023 | |
Apidologie 34 (2003) 291-298
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2003023
a LADETEC, Instituto de Química, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Ilha do Fundão, CT, Bloco A, Sala 607, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 21949-900, Brazil
b Instituto de Química, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil
(Received 12 August 2002; revised 24 October 2002; accepted 22 November 2002)
Key words: propolis / Apis mellifera / Tetragonisca angustula
Correspondence and reprints: Alberto dos Santos Pereira
e-mail: ladetec@iq.ufrj.br
© INRA, EDP Sciences, DIB, AGIB 2003
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2003023
Comparison of propolis from Apis mellifera and Tetragonisca angustula
Alberto dos Santos Pereiraa, Beatriz Bicalhob and Francisco Radler de Aquino Netoaa LADETEC, Instituto de Química, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Ilha do Fundão, CT, Bloco A, Sala 607, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 21949-900, Brazil
b Instituto de Química, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil
(Received 12 August 2002; revised 24 October 2002; accepted 22 November 2002)
Abstract
High-temperature high-resolution gas chromatography (HT-HRGC) and HT-HRGC coupled to
mass spectrometry (HT-HRGC-MS) were applied to the study of propolis collected by
Apis mellifera and by Tetragonisca angustula, a stingless bee native to southeastern
Brazil. With the exception of amino acids and erytrose/erythritol content, both propolis
samples were quite similar in composition and in antimicrobial activity. Triterpenes
were the most abundant compounds in the samples, comprising more then 35% of the
total amount of each sample.
Key words: propolis / Apis mellifera / Tetragonisca angustula
Correspondence and reprints: Alberto dos Santos Pereira
e-mail: ladetec@iq.ufrj.br
© INRA, EDP Sciences, DIB, AGIB 2003