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ArticleMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Chemical Profiling and Geographic Differentiation of Ugandan Propolis by GC-MS Through Chemometric Modelling.

Ivan Kahwa, Leonard Kaysser, Rapheal Wangalwa, Susan Billig, Jonans Tusiimire, Claudia Wiesner

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Article in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors.

Ivan KahwaInstitute for Drug Discovery, Department of Pharmaceutical Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Leipzig University, 04317 Leipzig, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-6440-3437
Leonard KaysserInstitute for Drug Discovery, Department of Pharmaceutical Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Leipzig University, 04317 Leipzig, Germany.
Rapheal WangalwaPharm-Biotechnology and Traditional Medicine Centre, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara P.O. Box 1410, Uganda.ORCID 0000-0002-6700-9451
Susan BilligInstitute of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Leipzig University, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-9976-5489
Jonans TusiimireDepartment of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara P.O. Box 1410, Uganda.ORCID 0000-0002-5831-1499
Claudia WiesnerInstitute of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Leipzig University, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-8538-8838

Funding

European Regional Development Fund (ERDF, Europäischer Fond für Regionale Entwicklung EFRE, "Europe funds Saxony" 100195810
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Propolis is a resinous substance collected by honeybees, and its long-known bioactivity urged research on its exact composition on active ingredients. It was suggested that chemical composition reflects the botanical sources and environmental conditions of its origin; however, information on differences related to geographical origin is still incomplete. Therefore, this study aimed to characterise the volatile and semi-volatile chemical constituents of Ugandan propolis from nine agro-ecological zones using headspace gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (HS-GC-MS) and derivatisation-based GC-MS, coupled with multivariate statistical analysis. In total, 213 volatile and 169 non-volatile compounds were tentatively identified, including monoterpenes (α-pinene), sesquiterpenes (α-copaene), triterpenoids (β-amyrin acetate), diterpene resin acids (abietic acid), phenolic acids (caffeic acid), alkylresorcinols (bilobol) and many others. Multivariate chemometric modelling using partial least-squares discriminant analysis (PLS-DA), orthogonal PLS-DA (oPLS-DA) showed strong geographic discrimination of samples (Q

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ChemometricsGas Chromatography-Mass SpectrometryPropolisGeographyMultivariate AnalysisUgandaVolatile Organic CompoundsPropolisVolatile Organic Compoundsagroecological variationchemometric profilingGC-MS analysisterpenoid biomarkersUgandan propolis

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PMCPMC12655498

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