Produção e teor de flavonóides da própolis coletada por Apis mellifera em três fitofisionomias no estado do Ceará

Abstract

This work aimed to study the potential of Ceará for the production of propolis evaluated the average production of propolis on three faces of the Caatinga (Caucaia, Maranguape and Limoeiro do Norte), the content of flavonoids, noting differences between propolis produced in three Caatinga vegetation types of faces, and using a new method for extracting wax with NAFTA.The experiment was conducted from August 2008 to July 2009, at PADETEC (Park Technology Development) at the Federal University of Ceará. Ten were placed in beehives propolis collectors randomly selected in each apiary of the three areas. The experiment was established in August 2008 and samples collected in the three months following this. The results showed that the propolis samples obtained from Caucaia Maranguape and Limoeiro do Norte through collections made from ten hives in each of the three apiaries during the months of September, October and November differed with respect to its physical aspects such as color , smell, consistency and quantity. The apiary located in Limoeiro do Norte had a higher production of propolis in all sampling points (p <0.01). Regarding the percentage of wax exists in samples, propolis did not differ with statistical significance (p> 0.05) samples from Caucaia and Maranguape, where this value was significantly different (p<0.01) higher than the samples collected in in Limoeiro do Norte. For the percentage of dry material, Limoeiro do Norte has shown a higher value (p <0.05) than the other two regions. For the flavonoid content, the samples collected in Limoeiro do Norte differed statistically (p <0.01) than the other two regions did not differ (p> 0.05).