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ASSESSMENT OF LIPID PROFILE OF EIGHT PROPOLIS SAMPLES FROM WESTERN ROMANIA

ALEXANDRA DUCA 1, ERSILIA ALEXA 2, CRISTINA ADRIANA DEHELEAN 3, CODRUŢA ȘOICA 4, CORINA DANCIU 5, IULIANA POPESCU 6, ILEANA COCAN 7*, DACIAN LALESCU 7, DANINA MIRELA MUNTEAN 8

1.Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, “Victor Babeş” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 2 Eftimie Murgu Square, 300041, Timişoara, Romania
2.Department of Food Control, Faculty of Agro-food Technologies, “Regele Mihai I al României” Banat’s University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, 119 Calea Aradului Street, 300641, Timişoara, Romania
3.Department of Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, “Victor Babeş” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 2 Eftimie Murgu Square, 300041, Timişoara, Romania
4.Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, “Victor Babeş” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 2 Eftimie Murgu Square, 300041, Timişoara, Romania
5.Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, “Victor Babeş” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 2 Eftimie Murgu Square, 30004, Timişoara, Romania
6.Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agriculture, “Regele Mihai I al României” Banat’s University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, 119 Calea Aradului Street, 300641, Timişoara, Romania
7.Department of Food Technologies, Faculty of Agro-food Technologies, “Regele Mihai I al României” Banat’s University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, 119 Calea Aradului Street, 300641, Timişoara, Romania
8.Department of Pathophysiology - Functional Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, "Victor Babeş" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 2 Eftimie Murgu Square, 300041, Timişoara, Romania

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Propolis is a natural resinous mixture produced by honeybees in order to strengthen, isolate and sanitize the hive that has been systematically reported to exert a plethora of beneficial effects on human health. The aim of the present study was to analyse the lipid profile of 8 propolis samples collected from producers in Western Romania. Lipids were extracted with a Soxtest system and analysed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). The total lipid level showed an average value of 33.17 ± 0.16% (w/w). A total number of 56 lipids were identified, among which ~ 30% were fatty acids, ranging from 24.50% to 45.13% in lipids extracted; unsaturated fatty acids were reported between 4.22% and 13.40% in samples. In particular, 8 fatty acids were identified as being present in all the investigated propolis samples: palmitic, oleic, behenic, arachidic, stearic, α-linolenic (essential fatty acid from ω-3 series), myristic and lauric acid. Principal components analysis and cluster analysis were performed to analyse the data.