Comparative Study on Physicochemical, Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Properties of Propolis Collected from Different Regions of Bulgaria

Propolis (bee glue), a valuable biological mixture produced by European honey bees ( L.), is widely used as a remedy in traditional and alternative medicine, as an effective food biopreservative and as a nutritional value enhancer. The present study aimed to investigate eighty propolis samples colle...

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Published in:Journal of Apicultural Science 2023-06, Vol.67 (1), p.37-56
Main Authors: Tumbarski, Yulian, Todorova, Mina, Topuzova, Mariyana, Gineva, Gabriela, Yanakieva, Velichka, Ivanov, Ivan, Petkova, Nadezhda
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alternative medicine
Antiinfectives and antibacterials
Antimicrobial activity
antioxidant activity
Antioxidants
Apis mellifera
Bacteria
Bees
Bulgaria
Comparative studies
Flavonoids
Gram-positive bacteria
Listeria
Moisture content
Moisture effects
Nutritive value
Phenols
Physicochemical properties
Propolis
Water content
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Summary:Propolis (bee glue), a valuable biological mixture produced by European honey bees ( L.), is widely used as a remedy in traditional and alternative medicine, as an effective food biopreservative and as a nutritional value enhancer. The present study aimed to investigate eighty propolis samples collected from all twenty-eight districts of Bulgaria in the period of 2020–2022 in order to determine their physicochemical properties as well as their antioxidant and antimicrobial potential. The raw propolis samples exhibited brown or green colour depending on the climatic zone from which they are collected and pH values from 4.82 to 5.87, while the moisture content ranged between 0.98% and 2.97%. The total phenolics content (TPC) and total flavonoids content (TFC) varied from 63.14 mg GAE/g to 737.27 mg GAE/g, and from 29.22 mg QE/g to 234.17 mg QE/g, respectively. The propolis samples demonstrated significant antioxidant potential determined by DPPH and FRAP methods, from 18.56 mM TE/g to 1598.66 mM TE/g and from 82.28 mM TE/g to 1208.81 mM TE/g, respectively, whose values showed a positive correlation ( ) with the TPC and TFC. The results from the antimicrobial screening revealed that the methanolic propolis extracts in concentration of 20 mg/ml exhibited the highest inhibitory effect on the Gram-positive bacteria such as 2YC-YT, ATCC 6633, ATCC 25923, NBIMCC 8632 and ATCC 33090.
ISSN:2299-4831
1643-4439
2299-4831
DOI:10.2478/jas-2023-0004