Chien Yi-Hsuan, Yu Yu-Hsiang, Ye Siou-Ru, Chen Yue-Wen
Department of Biotechnology and Animal Science, National Ilan University, Yilan 26047, Taiwan.
Antioxidants (Basel). 2022 Jun 24;11(7):1242. doi: 10.3390/antiox11071242.
Taiwanese green propolis (TGP) is widely used in traditional medicine and exerts a broad spectrum of biological activities, including those anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer in nature, resulting from an abundant level of functional propolins (prenylated flavanone) in the TGP. However, the plant origin of TGP has not been clarified. In this study, we collected the surface material of fruit and comparatively analyzed the chemical composition, antibacterial activity, and antioxidant activity with TGP. The results revealed that there was no difference between the chemical composition of the glandular trichome extract of and those in propolis. Moreover, fruit extract was enriched in propolins (C, D, F, and G) and effectively inhibited the growth of Gram-positive strains. Propolins, TGP, and fruit extract showed powerful free radical-scavenging and ferrous-reducing activity. Collectively, we have confirmed the plant source of TGP is , and this plant has the enormous potential to be developed as a pharmaceutical plant due to the potent biological activities and the high amount of functional propolins.
台湾绿蜂胶（TGP）在传统医学中被广泛使用，并具有广泛的生物活性，包括抗炎和抗癌活性，这是由于TGP中富含功能性蜂胶素（异戊烯基黄酮）。然而，TGP的植物来源尚未明确。在本研究中，我们收集了[植物名称]果实的表面物质，并与TGP进行了化学成分、抗菌活性和抗氧化活性的比较分析。结果表明，[植物名称]腺毛提取物的化学成分与蜂胶中的化学成分没有差异。此外，[植物名称]果实提取物富含蜂胶素（C、D、F和G），并能有效抑制革兰氏阳性菌株的生长。蜂胶素、TGP和[植物名称]果实提取物均表现出强大的自由基清除和亚铁还原活性。总体而言，我们已证实TGP的植物来源是[植物名称]，并且由于其强大的生物活性和大量的功能性蜂胶素，这种植物具有作为药用植物开发的巨大潜力。
