Antioxidative Analysis and Antagonistic Activity of Apis and Trigona Propolis Collected from Different Geo Locations

Propolis is a resin like substance collected from various botanical sources. It is commonly used as a bee product for the enhancement of human health. It is rich in antioxidants due to which their therapeutic value is enhanced. It is well known for the treatment of inflammation, minor burns, wounds, ulcers and certain cancers and also has an excellent anti-microbial activity against different pathogens. These properties majorly are dependent on the floral sources of different geographical areas. Present work investigate on antioxidative and antagonistic activity of ethanol extracted propolis collected from Apis and Trigona species. The antioxidative potential of propolis samples were determined using the Ferric Reducing Antioxidant Power (FRAP), Total Phenolic content (TPC) and antiradical scavenging activity. The results revealed that the 5 and 10% Apis mellifera propolis samples had maximum antioxidative and antagonistic property compared to that of Trigona propolis. From this it is evident that samples collected from Karnataka have the medicinal property; can be used as an alternative medicine for treating the selected pathogens and promoting the use of natural bee products.