Rhus javanica var. chinensis as a New Plant Origin of Propolis from Okayama, Japan

Masayo MURASE; Manabu KATO; Aihua SUN; Takayuki ONO; Jun NAKAMURA; Tsutomu SATO; Shigenori KUMAZAWA

doi:10.1271/bbb.80339

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Rhus javanica var. chinensis as a New Plant Origin of Propolis from Okayama, Japan

Masayo MURASE, Manabu KATO, Aihua SUN, Takayuki ONO, Jun NAKAMURA, Tsutomu SATO, Shigenori KUMAZAWA

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Keywords: propolis, plant origin, Rhus javanica var. chinensis, Okayama

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2008 Volume 72 Issue 10 Pages 2782-2784

DOI https://doi.org/10.1271/bbb.80339

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Abstract

To directly identify the plant origin of propolis from Takebe-cho (Okayama, Japan), we observed the honeybee behavior. Honeybees scraped sap from the tree, Rhus javanica var. chinensis. We compared the constituents and radical-scavenging activity of this sap and propolis. Their chemical constituents and radical-scavenging activity were comparable. This indicates directly that the plant origin of this propolis is R. javanica var. chinensis.

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