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. 2005 Jan 6;2(1):85–92. doi: 10.1093/ecam/neh055

Table 3.

Wax constituents detected in shoot apices of Baccharis dracunculifolia DC. (Asteraceae), resin masses from bee corbiculae and a sample of green propolis

Compound Apices Resin Propolis

Female Male
Wax constituents
    36. Methyl-dodecanoate + +
    37. Methyl-tetradecanoate +
    38. Hexadecanoic acid + +
    39. Octadecanoic acid + +
    40. Hexacosanoic acid +
    41. Docosanoic acid + +
    42. Tetracosanoic acid +
    43. Octacosanoic acid +
    44. Hexacosanoic acid +
    45. Methyl-4-methoxyoctadecanoic acid + +
    46. Hexanedioic acid dioctyl ester + + + +
    47. n-Dodecanal + +
    48. n-Hexadecanal + +
    49. 9,12-Octadecadienal + +
    50. (Z,Z)-9,12-octadecadienoic acid +
    51. Methyl-(Z)-9-Octadecenoate +
    52. n-Docosanol + +
    53. n-Tetracosanol + +
    54. n-Hexacosanol + +
    55. 4-Ethyloctane +
    56. 7-n-Hexyleicosane + +
    57. n-Hentriacontane + +
    58. 17-Tritriacontene + +
    59. 17-Pentatriacontene +

No pharmacological properties have as yet been assigned to these compounds Compound names in bold refer to occurrences so far unreported in propolis.

−, Not detected.