Analysis of a Brazilian green propolis from Baccharis dracunculifolia by HPLC-APCI-MS and GC-MS

Ethanol and dichloromethane extracts of a Brazilian green propolis from Baccharis dracunculifolia were analyzed by HPLC-APCI-MS and GC-MS, respectively. The HPLC-APCI-MS technique, at the positive mode, furnished a complete and unequivocal chemical composition of the green propolis sample. It serves as fingerprint for different propolis samples. The composition of the ethanol extract consisted mainly of cinnamic acid and derivatives, flavonoids, benzoic acid and a few benzoates, non-hydroxylated aromatics, and aliphatic acids and esters, which are normally not reported in the literature because they do not absorb UV light. The main constituents of the dichloromethane extract were prenylated compounds, alkanes and terpenoids.

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Main Authors: Chang,Roberto, Piló-Veloso,Dorila, Morais,Sérgio A. L., Nascimento,Evandro A.
Format: Digital revista
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Farmacognosia 2008
Online Access:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-695X2008000400009
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