Melipona mondury produces a geopropolis with antioxidant, antibacterial and antiproliferative activities.

Abstract:

:Geopropolis is a special type of propolis produced by stingless bees. Several pharmacological properties have been described for different types of geopropolis, but there have been no previous studies of the geopropolis from Melipona mondury. In this study, we investigated the antioxidant, antibacterial, and antiproliferative activities of M. mondury geopropolis, and determined its chemical profile. The antioxidant activity was determined using in vitro ABTS·+, ·DPPH, and β-carotene/linoleic acid co-oxidation methods. The antibacterial activity was determined using a microdilution method with Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus, and methicillin-resistant S. aureus. The antiproliferative effect was determined in tumor cell lines using the Alamar Blue assay. The chemical profile was obtained using UHPLC-MS and UHPLC-MS/MS. The butanolic fraction had the highest concentration of phenolic compounds and more potent antioxidant properties in all assays. This fraction also had bacteriostatic and bactericidal effects against all bacterial strains at low concentrations, especially S. aureus. The hexane fraction had the highest antiproliferative potential, with IC50 values ranging from 24.2 to 46.6 µg/mL in HL-60 (human promyelocytic leukemia cell) and K562 (human chronic myelocytic leukemia cell), respectively. Preliminary chemical analysis indicates the presence of terpenes and gallic acid in the geopropolis. Our results indicate the therapeutic potential of geopropolis from M. mondury against inflammatory, oxidative, infectious, and neoplastic diseases.

journal_name

An Acad Bras Cienc

authors

Santos TLAD,Queiroz RF,Sawaya ACHF,Lopez BG,Soares MBP,Bezerra DP,Rodrigues ACBC,Paula VF,Waldschmidt AM

doi

10.1590/0001-3765201720160725

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2017-01-01 00:00:00

pages

2247-2259

issue

3 Suppl

eissn

0001-3765

issn

1678-2690

pii

S0001-37652017005012102

journal_volume

89

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