Inhibitory effect of pollen and propolis extracts

Abstract

Bee pollen and propolis were collected from Apis mellifera colonies in five regions of Turkey. The antifungal properties of methanol extracts of pollen and propolis (2% and 5% concentrations) were determined on Alternaria alternata and Fusarium oxysporium f. sp. melonis. The least active concentration towards the tested fungi was 2% concentration of both extracts. The inhibitory effect of all propolis extracts on growth of F. oxysporium and A. alternata were generally higher when compared with pollen extracts. The growth of A. alternata and F. oxysporium were not affected at both concentrations of pollens. However, F. oxysporium against propolis extracts was more sensitive than A. alternata (P < 0.01). None of the pollen extracts tested completely inhibited mycelial growth of fungi used in our experiment. Percent inhibition of both pollen concentrations against A. alternata and F. oxysporium was lower than 50%. However, both concentrations of Alanya and Beyşehir propolis extracts were 100% effective on mycelial growth of F. oxysporium until the 7th day of incubation (P < 0.01). 2% Alanya and Beyşehir pollen extracts completely stimulated mycelial growth of F. oxysporium on the 7th day of incubation. Both concentrations of propolis extract showed more than 50% inhibition against E. oxysporium. It is suggested that high concentrations ofpropolis extract could be used as an antifungal agent against tested fungi.

Pathogen control using a natural Chilean bee pollen extract of known botanical origin

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Efficacy Evaluation of Iraqi Propolis Against Gray Mold of Stored Orange Caused by Penicillium digitatum

“…Ethanolic extract of Turkish propolis (PEE) collected from various areas show multi-properties activity as antibacterial (Keskin et al, 2001;Ozcan et al, 2004), antifungal (Koc et al, 2005), antioxidant (Kolankaya et al, 2002;Orhan et al, 1999) and anticarcinogenic (Ozkul et al, 2005). The chemicals compounds in propolis and biological activities depend on different factors such as the geographical regions, collection time and plant source (Bankova, 2005;Hegazi et al, 2014).…”

Avaliação do potencial antioxidante do pólen apícola produzido na região sul do Brasil

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