NDLI: Plant origin of Okinawan propolis: honeybee behavior observation and phytochemical analysis

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Author	Kumazawa, Shigeri Nakamura, Jun Murase, Masayo Miyagawa, Mariko Ahn, Mok Ryeon Fukumoto, Shuichi
Copyright Year	2008
Abstract	Propolis is a natural resinous product collected by honeybees from certain plants. It has gained popularity as a food and alternative medicine. Poplar and Baccharis are well known as the source plants of European and Brazilian propolis, respectively. However, the propolis from Okinawa, Japan, contains some prenylflavonoids not seen in other regions such as Europe and Brazil, suggesting that the plant origin of Okinawan propolis is a particular plant that grows in Okinawa. To identify the plant origin of Okinawan propolis, we observed the behavior of honeybees as they collected material from plants and caulked it inside the hive. Honeybees scraped resinous material from the surface of plant fruits of Macaranga tanarius and brought it back to their hive to use it as propolis. We collected samples of the plant and propolis, and compared their constituents by high-performance liquid chromatography with a photo-diode array detector. We also compared their 1,1-diphenyl-2-picryl-hydrazyl radical scavenging activity. The chemical constituents and biological activity of the ethanol extracts of the plant did not differ from those of propolis. This indicates directly that the plant origin of Okinawan propolis is M. tanarius.
Starting Page	781
Ending Page	786
Page Count	6
File Format	PDF
ISSN	00281042
Journal	Naturwissenschaften
Volume Number	95
Issue Number	8
e-ISSN	14321904
Language	English
Publisher	Springer-Verlag
Publisher Date	2008-04-22
Publisher Place	Berlin/Heidelberg
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Apis mellifera Propolis Okinawa Plant origin Macaranga tanarius Prenylflavonoid Environment Life Sciences
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Medicine Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

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