title: Recent advances in the chemical composition of propolis.
abstract: Propolis is a honeybee product with broad clinical applications. Current literature describes that propolis is collected from plant resins. From a systematic database search, 241 compounds were identified in propolis for the first time between 2000 and 2012; and they belong to such diverse chemical classes as flavonoids, phenylpropanoids, terpenenes, stilbenes, lignans, coumarins, and their prenylated derivatives, showing a pattern consistent with around 300 previously reported compounds. The chemical characteristics of propolis are linked to the diversity of geographical location, plant sources and bee species.
authors.affiliation: College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China. asmallcaths@163.com.
authors.forename: Shuai
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.affiliation: College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China. lgzcplyx@aliyun.com.
authors.forename: Cui-Ping
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China. kaiwang628@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Kai
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia. george.li@sydney.edu.au.
authors.forename: George Q
authors.initials: GQ
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China. flhu@zju.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Fu-Liang
authors.initials: FL
authors.lastname: Hu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001516:Bees; D004602:Elements; D005843:Geography; D009930:Organic Chemicals / Q000737:chemistry; D010944:Plants; D011429:Propolis / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D004602:Elements; D009930:Organic Chemicals; D011429:Propolis