Comb and Propolis Waxes from Brazil: Triterpenoids in Propolis Waxes

Journal of Apicultural Research

Volumn 39, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 86-88

  Negri, Giuseppina ^a   Marcucci, Maria Cristina ^a   Salatino, Antonio ^b   Salatino, Maria Luiza Faria ^b  

^a Universidade Bandeirante de Sao Paulo   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Beeswax; Hydrocarbons; Lupeol; Monoesters; Propolis; Triterpenoids; amyrin; amyrin

Indexed keywords

APIS MELLIFERA; PROPOLIS;

EID: 0034375132     PISSN: 00218839     EISSN: 20786913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00218839.2000.11101026     Document Type: Article

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