Brazilian Red Propolis: Legitimate Name of the Plant Resin Source

Abstract

Red propolis ranks as the second most produced Brazilian propolis type. Its main chemical constituents are phenolic substances typical of the subfamily Faboideae of the Fabaceae (Leguminosae) family, such as neoflavanoids, chalcones, flavanones and isoflavonoids, among them isoflavones (e.g. biochanin a, daidzein) and pterocarpans (e.g. medicarpin). The plant source of Brazilian red propolis has been referred to as Dalbergia ecastophyllum throughout the propolis literature. Such scientific binomial, however, is a synonym of the legitimate name Dalbergia ecastaphyllum.