Review Article
Propolis: A Wonder Bees Product and Its Pharmacological Potentials
Table 1
Geographic origin, main plant sources, and chemical compounds [
7].
| Sr. no. | Geographic origin | Plant source | Main bioactive compounds | Reference |
| 1 | Europe, North America, and nontropic regions of Asia | Populus spp., most often P. nigra L. | Polyphenols | [3] | 2 | Russia | Betula verrucosa Ehrh. | Polyphenols | [3] | 3 | Brazil | Baccharis spp., predominantly
B. dracunculifolia DC. | Prenylated p-coumaric acids, diterpenic acids | [7] | 4 | Cuba, Venezuela | Clusia spp. | Polyprenylated benzophenones | [89] | 5 | Pacific region (Okinawa, Taiwan) | Unknown | C-prenylflavanones Furofuran lignans | [90] | 6 | Canary Islands | Unknown | Furofuran lignans | [15] | 7 | Kenya | Unknown | Polyphenols | [29, 30] | 8 | Greece and Cyprus | Unknown | Flavonoids, terpenes | [31] |
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