The Effect of the Phytogeographical Area (Pine Trees) on the Effectiveness of Propolis against some Microorganisms
Roud Khalil Ibrahim, Mohammed Yahya Allawi
Propolis samples were collected from the Mosul city, starting from the October until the end of the December. The effectiveness of propolis was tested against one type of yeast, Candida albicans ATCC 10231, and two types of bacteria, Bacillus pumilus ATCC 6633, and staphylococcus aureus ATCC 6538. Propolis has shown clear antimicrobial activity against three strains. B. pumilus were the most sensitive among their counterparts, as the inhibition was 24 % at a concentration 600 mg/ml, while the inhibition against C. albicans, and staph. Aureus was 19.40%, and 17.25% respectively at the same concentration. The GC-MS chromatogram of Mosul propolis extract appear 40 peaks, The most popular plant-components formative in Mosul propolis extract are 2-Propen-1-one, 1-(2,6-dihydroxy-4 -methoxyphenyl)-3-phenyl, (E) - ( 24.27%), Oleic Acid (10.48%), n-Hexadecanoic acid (8.66%), Phenylethyl Alcohol (6.35%), and 4H-1-Benzopyran-4-one, 2,3-dihydro (6.22%), 6-Methyl-2'-(1-naphthylmethylene) nicotinohydrazi (3.29%), Octadecanoic acid (2.47%), Pyrido [2,3-d] pyridazine, 5-(methyl) (2.1%), Guaiol (2.02%), beta.-Santalol (1.8%).
Keywords: Mosul Propolis, Pine Trees, Antimicrobia, Active Compounds
