Recent advances in the chemical composition of propolis

Molecules

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 19610-19632

  Huang, Shuai ^a   Zhang, Cui Ping ^a   Wang, Kai ^a   Li, George Q ^b   Hu, Fu Liang ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Flavonoids; Honeybee; Phenypropanoids; Plant origin; Propolis; Terpenenes

Indexed keywords

ELEMENT; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PROPOLIS;

ANIMAL; BEE; CHEMISTRY; GEOGRAPHY; PLANT;

ANIMALS; BEES; ELEMENTS; GEOGRAPHY; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PLANTS; PROPOLIS;

EID: 84919724057     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules191219610     Document Type: Review

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