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Analysis of volatile components from Melipona beecheii geopropolis from Southeast Mexico by headspace solid-phase microextraction |
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| Authors: | Ahira Torres-González Paulina López-Rivera Georgina Duarte-Lisci Ángel López-Ramírez Adriana Correa-Benítez |
| Institution: | 1. Departamento de Farmacia, Facultad de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, 04510 México, DF, México;2. Unidad de Servicios de Apoyo a la Investigación, Facultad de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, 04510 México, DF, México;3. Departamento de Medicina y Zootecnia de Abejas, Conejos y Organismos Acuáticos, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, 04510 México, DF, México |
| Abstract: | A head space solid-phase microextraction method combined with gas chromatography–mass spectrometry was developed and optimised to extract and analyse volatile compounds of Melipona beecheii geopropolis. Seventy-three constituents were identified using this technique in the sample of geopropolis collected. The main compounds detected include β-fenchene (14.53–15.45%), styrene (8.72–9.98%), benzaldehyde (7.44–7.82%) and the most relevant volatile components presents at high level in the geopropolis were terpenoids (58.17%). |
| Keywords: | Melipona beecheii volatile compounds headspace solid-phase microextraction mass spectrometry geopropolis |