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. 2025 Feb 28;30(1):81–91. doi: 10.3746/pnf.2025.30.1.81

Table 5.

Phenolic profiles of the initial, gastric, and intestinal phases of green propolis extracts after in vitro gastrointestinal digestion

Compound Phenolic profiles (mg/100 g)
Green propolis-lactic acid solution (10%) Green propolis-ethanolic solution (10%)
Initial Gastric phase Intestinal phase Initial Gastric phase Intestinal phase
Gallic acid 26.1±0.0b 36.7±0.0b 167.3±30.5a 12.1±0.0b 4.4±0.2c 48.1±36.3b
Protocatechuic acid ND ND ND 9.8±0.0a 4.4±0.1a 36.8±23.4a
2,3,4-Trihydroxybenzoic acid 70.7±0a 68.0±0.0b 3.6±0.2e 7.4±0.0c 6.0±0.0d ND
o-Coumaric acid ND ND ND ND ND ND
trans-Cinnamic acid ND ND ND ND ND ND
Hesperedin 39.7±0.0d 23.1±0.0e 9.8±0.1f 62.1±0.0b 44.2±0.3c 209.0±0.5a
Vanilin ND ND ND ND ND ND
Pinocembrin 459.6±0.0a 167.9±0.0d 153.3±36.1d 379.6±0.0b 121.8±7.0d 240.3±14.4c
Naringenin ND ND ND ND ND ND
Taxifolin ND ND ND ND ND ND
Galangin ND ND ND ND ND ND
Chlorogenic acid 33.8±0.0b 18.2±0.0c 43.4±0.7b 21.8±0.0c 17.6±0.4c 150.8±6.8a
Cryptochlorogenic acid 6.2±0.0b 5.5±0.0bc 5.2±1.4bc 4.4±0.0bc 3.0±0.0c 13.2±0.9a
Caffeic acid 599.6±0.0b 588.2±0.0c 428.1±2.3d 305.6±0.0e 305.7±1.7e 819.3±6.4a
Cynarin 196.3±0.0c 164.3±0.0c 264.0±2.1b 116.3±0.0d 101.8±5.8d 1,006.5±28.8a
Ferulic acid 1,241.8±0.0b 1,175.5±0.0b 1,026.5±24.7b 1,041.8±0.0b 749.0±2.2c 2,869.9±147.5a
Sinapic acid ND 294.0±0.0a 271.8±2.0b ND 169.3±8.4c ND
p-Coumaric acid 1,989.6±0.0b 1,759.3±0.0c 2,014.3±14.8b 1,589.6±0.0d 1,231.0±5.2e 6,118.7±62.1a
Rosmarinic acid 1,735.1±0.0b 1,588.2±0.0b 1,492.2±6.8b 1,535.1±0.0b 1,062.3±8.9c 4,679.5±205.6a
Apigenin 93.2±0.0a 13.8±0.0c ND 73.4±0.0b ND ND
Quercetin 873.0±0.0a ND 53.2±4.3c 519.0±0.0b 3.7±2.7e 19.4±3.6d
Kaempferol 905.4±0.0a ND 37.7±10.2c 464.6±0.0b 0.9±1.3e 12.8±5.8d

Values are presented as mean±SD of three independent samples.

Different letters in the rows represent statistically significant differences (P<0.05).

ND, not determined.