Plants: Sources of Diversity in Propolis Properties
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Physiology and Metabolism".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2022) | Viewed by 41781
Special Issue Editor
Interests: food chemistry; bee products; plant extracts; isolation and characterization of plant extracts; chromatography; spectrometry; in vitro evaluations of biological activity of bee products (honey, propolis, bee pollen, royal jelly); foods and plant extracts
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Dear Colleagues,
Propolis or “bee glue” is a resinous waxy substance produced by honeybees by mixing the exudates obtained from plants such as tree buds, sap flows, leaves, branches, and barks of plants with their saliva and beeswax.
Propolis composition is very complex. Its main constituents are resins and volatiles from plants and beeswax. The biological activity of propolis is assigned to these plant-derived substances.
The main three types of propolis are European propolis (poplar type), Green Brazilian propolis (leaf resin of Baccharis dracunculifolia) and Red Cuban propolis (floral resin of Clusia rosea). The plant source gives specific composition and properties for propolis coming from different regions of the world. For this reason, studies on chemical composition of propolis as well as botanical sources resulting in its geographically conditioned diversity are a very good theme for a Special Issue of the Plants journal.
For this Special Issue, we invite investigators and scholars to submit original articles, review articles, and short communications on the following topics related to propolis:
- Plant species used by the bees as raw material for propolis production;
- Biological activities of plant extracts related to propolis;
- The history of propolis research;
- Chemical composition of propolis (poplar type propolis, green propolis, red propolis;
- Biological activity of propolis (antioxidant, antibacterial, antiparasitic , antitumor, immunomodulatory, anti-inflammatory, hepatoprotective properties);
- Antiviral activity of propolis against human, bee, and animal viruses;
- Different applications of propolis connected to plant source and origin;
- Propolis and bee health;
- Propolis and human health (apitherapy, apiphytotherapy);
- Synergism between plants and propolis in human health.
Dr. Otilia Bobiş
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- propolis
- related plants
- chemical composition
- bioactive constituents
- in vitro activity
- in vivo activity
- antibacterial activity
- antiviral action
- propolis and cancer
- apitherapy
- apiphytotherapy
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