Chemistry Journal of Moldova

CHARACTERIZATION OF PROPOLIS FROM MOLDOVA'S CENTRAL REGION: CHEMICAL COMPOSITION, ANTIOXIDANT AND ANTIMICROBIAL PROPERTIES

Author(s):

Serghei Pogrebnoi, Nicolae Eremia, Dmitri Bilan, Lucian Lupascu, Natalia Bolocan, Gheorghe Duca, Svetlana Armasu, Dumitru Terteac, Vitalie Cebanu, Serghei Tincu, Alexandru Znagovan, Iulia Neicovcena, Olga Coseleva, Valerina Slanina, Fliur Macaev


Field: Ecological chemistry
Type: Research paper
Issue: 2023 Volume 18, no.1
Pages: 46-51
Keywords:

propolis, GC-MS spectroscopy, liquid chromatography, antifungal activity, antibacterial activity.


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https://doi.org/10.19261/cjm.2023.924

 
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The chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of propolis ethanolic and water-ethanolic extracts from the central zone of Moldova have been investigated by GC-MS and liquid chromatography. There were found 21 amino acids, of which the most abundant were glutamic acid, alanine, leucine and isoleucine. The propolis extracts exhibited strong antioxidant (53.7 mg ascorbic acid eq./g extract or 113.4 mg Trolox eq./g extract  and 87.5 mg ascorbic acid eq./g extract or 162 mg Trolox eq./g extract for ethanol, and water-ethanol extract, respectively) and antimicrobial activity (from 0.0055 up to 0.07%), suggesting their potential as natural agents for therapeutic use.



 



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