Metabolomics reveals the origins of antimicrobial plant resins collected by honey bees. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 The deposition of antimicrobial plant resins in honey bee, Apis mellifera, nests has important physiological benefits. Resin foraging is difficult to approach experimentally because resin composition is highly variable among and between plant families ...
Michael B Wilson +4 more
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Experimental maturation of pine resin in sediment to investigate the formation of synthetic copal and amber [PDF]
Scientific ReportsExperimentally simulating fossil resin formation would improve our understanding of copal/amber and could simulate the diagenesis of resin inclusions. Resin from living Pinus underwent sediment-encased maturation under various temperature and pressure ...
Evan T. Saitta, Thomas G. Kaye
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Experimental induction of resins as a tool to understand variability in ambers [PDF]
Fossil Record, 2021 Amber is chiefly known as a preservational medium of biological inclusions, but it is itself a chemofossil, comprised of fossilised plant resin. The chemistry of today's resins has been long investigated as a means of understanding the botanical sources ...
L. J. Seyfullah +5 more
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Molecules, 2022 Ferulasinkins A–D (1–4), four new norlignans, were isolated from the resins of Ferula sinkiangensis, a medicinal plant of the Apiaceae family. All of them were obtained as racemic mixtures, chiral HPLC was used to produce their (+)- and (−)-antipodes ...
Ying-Shi Li +4 more
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Perspectives for Uses of Propolis in Therapy against Infectious Diseases
Molecules, 2022 Propolis has gained wide popularity over the last decades in several parts of the world. In parallel, the literature about propolis composition and biological properties increased markedly.
Antonio Salatino
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Hypergene alterations of succinite and its vulnerability under various environmental conditions
Geo&Bio, 2021 The article describes the alteration of succinite under conditions of hypergenesis as a result of oxidation, including a change in colour, contraction of the outer surface and the appearance of microcracks, changes in the construction of the outer ...
U. Naumenko +3 more
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Health Science Reports, 2023 Background and Aims Natural coniferous resins are used in traditional medicine for the treatment of skin wounds. Coniferous wood resins (“callus” resin) are a mixture of abietic (resin) acids, lignans such as pinoresinol, and p‐coumaric acid.
Elias Haapakorva +3 more
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Transition of plant resins from the biosphere to the lithosphere
Geo&Bio, 2020 In the article the authors consider in detail the process of transition of plant resins from the biosphere to the lithosphere, characterize the conditions and paleogeographic situation of such transition, the formation of deposits of resin minerals and ...
Viktor M. Matsui, Uliana Z. Naumenko
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Species-level determination of closely related araucarian resins using FTIR spectroscopy and its implications for the provenance of New Zealand amber [PDF]
PeerJ, 2015 Some higher plants, both angiosperms and gymnosperms, can produce resins and some of these resins can polymerize and fossilize to form ambers. Various physical and chemical techniques have been used to identify and profile different plant resins and have
Leyla J. Seyfullah +2 more
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Increased resin collection after parasite challenge: a case of self-medication in honey bees? [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 The constant pressure posed by parasites has caused species throughout the animal kingdom to evolve suites of mechanisms to resist infection. Individual barriers and physiological defenses are considered the main barriers against parasites in ...
Michael D Simone-Finstrom, Marla Spivak
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