Identification of the plant origin of the botanical biomarkers of Mediterranean type propolis

Natural Product Communications

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 569-570

  Popova, Milena ^a   Trusheva, Boryana ^a   Cutajar, Simone ^b   Antonova, Daniela ^a   Mifsud, David ^b   Farrugia, Claude ^b   Bankova, Vassya ^a  

^a BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Bulgaria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALTA   (Malta)

Author keywords

Cupressus sempervirens; Plant origin; Propolis

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DITERPENE; ISOCUPRESSIC ACID; PLANT RESIN; PROPOLIS; RESIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CUPRESSACEAE; CUPRESSUS SEMPERVIRENS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DRUG DETERMINATION; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT IDENTIFICATION; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; CUPRESSUS; CUPRESSUS SEMPERVIRENS;

EID: 84861495783     PISSN: 1934578X     EISSN: 15559475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1934578x1200700505     Document Type: Article

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