Plant origin of green propolis: Bee behavior, plant anatomy and chemistry

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 85-92

  Teixeira, Érica Weinstein ^a   Negri, Giuseppina ^b   Meira, Renata M S A ^c   Message, Dejair ^c   Salatino, Antonio ^b  

^a AGÊNCIA PAULISTA DE TECNOLOGIA DOS AGRONEGÓCIOS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Africanized Apis mellifera; Anthracene derivatives; Baccharis dracunculifolia; Dehydrocostus lactone; Prenylated phenylpropanoids

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTHRACENE DERIVATIVE; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; GREEN PROPOLIS; METHACRYLIC ACID; PROPOLIS; RESIN; TERPENOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACCHARIS; BEE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HONEYBEE; MASS SPECTROMETER; MICROSCOPY; PLANT; PRENYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 24344458459     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ecam/neh055     Document Type: Article

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