The specific chemical profile of Mediterranean propolis from Malta

Food Chemistry

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1431-1435

  Popova, Milena ^a   Trusheva, Boryana ^a   Antonova, Daniela ^a   Cutajar, Simone ^b   Mifsud, David ^b   Farrugia, Claude ^b   Tsvetkova, Iva ^c   Najdenski, Hristo ^c   Bankova, Vassya ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Bulgaria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALTA   (Malta)

^c INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Diterpenes; Ferula communis; Propolis; Terpenyl esters of benzoic acids

Indexed keywords

ANTI-MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; DITERPENES; FERULA COMMUNIS; PROPOLIS; TERPENYL ESTERS OF BENZOIC ACIDS;

CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS; ESSENTIAL OILS; ESTERIFICATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROORGANISMS; OLEFINS; SUGAR (SUCROSE);

ESTERS;

BENZOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CARBOHYDRATE; CARBOHYDRATE DERIVATIVE; DITERPENE; ESTER DERIVATIVE; HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID; MALTESE PROPOLIS; PROPOLIS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FENNEL; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALTA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; SILYLATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; FERULA COMMUNIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 78751584747     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2010.11.130     Document Type: Article

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