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Table 3 Antioxidant activity of stingless bee propolis

From: Stingless bee propolis: composition, biological activities and its applications in the food industry

Specie

Geographic origin

Method

AA

Reference

Melipona orbignyi

Brazil

DPPH

IC50 40%

(Campos et al. 2014)

OHI

125 μg/mL

LPI

125 μg/mL

Tetragonisca fiebrigi

Brazil

ABTS

IC50 119.6 μg/mL

(Campos et al. 2015)

OHI

50–125 μg/mL;

LPI

50–125 μg/mL

Melipona scutellaris; Melipona fasciculata; Apis mellifera

Brazil

DPPH

IC50 29–845 μg/mL

(Araújo, Bosco, & Sforcin, 2016)

Tetragonisca angustula

Brazil

DPPH

IC50 293–734 μg/mL

(Carneiro et al. 2016)

Scaptotrigona depilis; Melipona quadrifasciata anthidioides

Brazil

DPPH

IC50 60.91 μg/mL

(Bonamigo, Campos, Alfredo, et al. 2017)

ABTS

IC50 13.4–80 μg/mL;

OHI

125 μg/mL;

LPI

125 μg/mL

Melipona quadrifasciata; Tetragonisca angustula

Brazil

RP

657.5 mg/100 g

(dos Santos, Hochheim, et al. 2017)

DPPH

IC50 > 1000 μg/mL

LPI

75 μg/mL

Melipona quadrifasciata anthidiodes; Tetragona clavipes; Scaptotrigona spp.

Brazil

DPPH

IC50 8.4–512 μg/mL

(Pazin et al. 2017)

SOD

21 μg/mL

Plebeia droryana; Apis mellifera

Brazil

DPPH

IC50 49.8–182.4 μg/mL

(Bonamigo, Campos, Oliveira, et al. 2017)

Frieseomelitta longipes; Apis mellifera

Brazil

DPPH

IC50 3.74–8.81 μg/mL;

(De Souza et al. 2018)

Melipona quadrifasciata quadrifasciata; Tetragonisca angustula

Brazil

DPPH

IC50 241.8–2433 μg/mL

(Torres et al. 2018)

Heterotrigona itama

Brunei

DPPH

IC50: 76.5–1905 mg/L

(Abdullah et al. 2019)

Melipona quadrifasciata

Brazil

DPPH

IC50 151–1000 μg/mL;

(Hochheim et al. 2019)

RP

16.9–127.83 mg /100 g;

LPI

10%-38,48%.

Geniotrigona thoracica; Heterotrigona itama; Tetrigona binghami

Brunei

DPPH

IC50 76.5–1975 mg/L

(Abdullah et al. 2020)

Tetrigona apicalis

Malaysia

DPPH

37–92,70%

(Zainal et al. 2021)

  1. For each propolis, it is described its producing species, geographic origin, and activity
  2. DPPH 2,2-diphenyl-1-picryl-hydrazyl (DPPH) assay, OHI Oxidative hemolysis inhibition, LPI Lipidic peroxidation inhibition, RP Reduction potential, ABTS Diammonium 2,2′-azino-bis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonate) assay, SOD Superoxide dislocation, IC50 Concentration able to inhibit 50% oxidization