Review Article
Recent Progress of Propolis for Its Biological and Chemical Compositions and Its Botanical Origin
Table 5
Classification of Brazilian propolis, according to their physicochemical characteristics and location [
17,
41].
| Groups | Ethanolic extract of propolis | Color | Origin of propolis |
| Group 1 (RS5) | Yellow | Southern | Group 2 (RS1) | Brown | Southern | Group 3 (PR7) | Dark brown | Southern | Group 4 (PR8) | Brown | Southern | Group 5 (PR9) | Greenish brown | Southern | Group 6 (BA11) | Reddish brown | Northeast | Group 7 (BA51) | Greenish brown | Northeast | Group 8 (PE5) | Dark brown | Northeast | Group 9 (PE3) | Yellow | Northeast | Group 10 (CE3) | Dark yellow | Northeast | Group 11 (PI11) | Yellow | Northeast | Group 12 (SP12) | Green or greenish brown | Southeast | Group 13 (AL) | Red | Northeast |
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