%0 Journal Article
%T The antibacterial activity of propolis produced by Apis mellifera L. and Brazilian stingless bees
%A FERNANDES JR.
%A A.
%A LEOMIL
%A L.
%A FERNANDES
%A A.A.H.
%A SFORCIN
%A J.M.
%J Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins
%D 2001
%I Scientific Electronic Library Online
%R 10.1590/S0104-79302001000200003
%X this study investigated the antibacterial activity of propolis produced by a. mellifera and brazilian stingless bees, called "melipon¨ªneos". susceptibility tests to ethanolic extracts of propolis (eep) were performed using bacterial strains (staphylococcus aureus, enterococcus sp, and escherichia coli) isolated from human infections. dilution of eep in agar (%v/v) was used for determination of minimal inhibitory concentration (mic). the stingless bee species (and common names) were: nannotrigona testaceicornis ("ira¨ª"), tetragonisca angustula ("jata¨ª"), trigona spinipes ("arapu¨¢"), scaptotrigona sp ("ti¨²ba"), partamona sp ("cupira"), melipona scutellaris ("uru£¿u"), melipona sp ("manduri"), and melipona manda£¿aia ("manda£¿aia"). eep inhibitory efficiencies according to bacterial strains were: s. aureus - "cupira" > "manduri" = a. mellifera > "uru£¿u" > "manda£¿aia" > "ira¨ª" > "ti¨²ba" > "jata¨ª" > "arapu¨¢" = ethanol; enterococcus sp - "cupira" > "manduri" > a. mellifera > "manda£¿aia" > "uru£¿u" > "ti¨²ba" > "jata¨ª" > "arapu¨¢" = ethanol; e. coli - "manduri" > "jata¨ª" > ethanol > a. mellifera > "uru£¿u" > "cupira" > "ira¨ª". propolis produced by "cupira" and "manduri" bees showed higher antibacterial activity than a. mellifera.
%K ethanolic extract of propolis
%K apis mellifera
%K brazilian stingless bees
%K s. aureus
%K e. coli
%K enterococcus sp.
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