Propolis from Chilean Matorral Hives
Orlando Mun˜oz
a,*, Rau´l C. Pen˜a
b, Enrique Ureta, Gloria Montenegro
band Barbara N. Timmermann
ca Faculty of Sciences, Universidad de Chile, Palmeras 3425. Fax: 56(2)2713888, Santiago de Chile. E-mail: omunoz@abello.dic.uchile.cl
b Facultad de Agronomı´a e Ingenierı´a Forestal, P. Universidad Cato´lica, P. O. Box 306, Santiago-22, Chile
c The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85271, USA
* Author for correspondence and reprint requests
Z. Naturforsch.56 c, 269Ð272 (2000); received September 8/November 16, 2000 Propolis, Structure Elucidation, Plant Sources
Viscidone (0.5%), vanillin, 3⬘,4⬘-(methylendioxy)acetophenone, 3-ethoxy-4-methoxybenz- aldehyde, cinnamic acid, 3-methoxy-4-hydroxymethyl ester were isolated from propolis of hives from Cuncumen. This is the first report on propolis composition of an arid and a Mediterranean type climate area.