GCMS Profiling of Volatile Constituents in Indian Propolis

EasyChair Preprint no. 4631

Abstract

Propolis is a complex resinous substance collected by bees from plants and used as a construction material and protective substance in the hive. It consists of Volatile and non Volatile Constituents; the latter is known to attribute to the various biological activities of propolis. The volatile chemistry of Indian propolis has not been studied extensively which prompted the present investigation on the volatile compounds of Propolis samples obtained from five different phytogeographical regions of India by GCMS analysis. The findings of the study indicated the presence of 40 bioactive compounds in the propolis samples with various biological activities. Among the various chemical compounds identified in the propolis extracts, two novel compounds namely deoxy podocarpol and p 1 indanyl phenol were reported for the first time. These results suggested that the propolis samples are rich in bioactive compounds with many biological activities. It was concluded from the study that the Volatile Constituents identified in Indian Propolis have the  potential to be developed into pharmaceutical drugs.

Keyphrases: deoxy podocarpol, GCMS, Indian propolis, p-1-indanyl phenol v

@Booklet{EasyChair:4631,
  author = {Sumedha Mishra and V Sivaram},
  title = {GCMS Profiling of Volatile Constituents in Indian Propolis},
  howpublished = {EasyChair Preprint no. 4631},

  year = {EasyChair, 2020}}