Abstract
In previous works we have presented several applications for the production of enriched polyphenolic extracts from raw materials (olive mill waste water [1], winery byproducts, sesame [2]) using adsorption resins. Herein we describe the development of a new method for the production of enriched extracts from propolis. More specifically, two raw propolis samples (from geographically distinct regions of Greece: North Aegen and Crete) were first submitted to hydrodistillation in order to obtain the contained essential oil (0.14% and 0.12%) and the aqueous residue was filtered to remove the insoluble material (mainly non volatile terpenes and hydrocarbons: 61.2% and 60.5%). The filtrate was allowed to cool and the solidified wax (34.2% and 34.0%) was removed. The obtained clear solution was passed through a column containing adsorption resin XAD-4. The adsorbed polyphenols were desorbed using methanol and the obtained extract (1.8% and 1.5%) was analyzed by HPLC-UV. The contained phenolic acids (e.g. caffeic, p-coumaric, ferulic) and flavonoids (e.g. pinobanksin) showed 50–100 fold increased concentration in comparison with the raw propolis. In parallel, the essential oil obtained during the first step was analysed by GCMS showing α-pinene as the major component (40.3%, 46.6%) followed by at least 25 common constituents. Chiral GCMS analysis showed significant differences in the (+)/(–) α-pinene ratio between the two samples suggesting that this factor could be very useful in the discrimination of propolis samples
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