Pharmacological potentials of Propolis in urban landscapes

Tc Puspha,Ms Reddy

doi:10.30574/gscbps.2019.8.1.0116

Abstract

Propolis is a resinous material produced by bees from the selective collection of plant exudates that are subsequently mixed with bee’s wax and salivary bee secretions. Propolis has been used in folk medicine, and certainly, several studies have validated its biological properties. The chemical composition and pharmacological activities of Propolis collected around urban land scape of Bangalore and have been studied in 2018-2019, There are remarkable differences in the biological activities of Propolis from dissimilar geographical origin, and those mainly depend on the qualitative and quantitative variations of its characteristic chemical constituents, which are provided by botanical sources. Herein, we investigated pharmacological potentials Propolis in urban landscapes.

Highlights

Bees are the most ecologically important pollinators for flowering plants, a coevolutive activity they have been performing for more than 100 million of years
The chemical diversity of Propolis is dictated by the phytogeographical conditions and the climatic characteristics, and by the honeybee species involved in its production [3]
Propolis has been used by humans to meet the needs of health and food preservation but only in the last years the interest in this complex natural product has increased due to its broad spectrum of biological and pharmacological properties [4]

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Introduction

Bees are the most ecologically important pollinators for flowering plants, a coevolutive activity they have been performing for more than 100 million of years. Eusocial bees have reached an evolutionary success by living in perennial colonies (approximately 50,000 individuals) and developing sophisticated recruitment communication mechanisms to foraging and profit the chemistry of plants via manufacture and application beehive products for their own benefit. According to their significant role as vectors of pollen in agricultural crops and the impact of beehive products for human societies, bees have earned an important position in different civilizations through history and geographies [1, 2].

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