Preliminary studies on extraction of propolis using vitamin E d-ɑ-tocopheryl polyethylene glycol succinate (vitamin E TPGS) and compare their antimicrobial activities

• Main Authors: Yee, Tong Kong, Viviana, Abdullah, Siti Umairah, Mokhtar, Rajaletchumy, Veloo Kutty
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Malaysian Society for Microbiology 2020
• Subjects: TP Chemical technology
• Online Access: http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/30871/1/Preliminary%20studies%20on%20extraction%20of%20propolis%20using%20vitamin%20E.pdf; http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/30871/; https://doi.org/10.21894/jopr.2020.0031; https://doi.org/10.21894/jopr.2020.0031
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Pahang

Aims: Phenolic compounds with various biological activities such as antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory and antioxidative activity are considered as key compounds in propolis. In this study, propolis was obtained in Kuantan, Pahang and is known to be collected from stingless honey bee Trigona thoracica...