Mr. Eddy: I don't have much information on this and am sending your message to two discussion lists for responses. Tom Sanford On Wed, 14 Aug 1996, Lear Eddy (AE) wrote: > > Dear Malcolm, > I found your name on internet from a fairly old article "Focus on > Apitherapy". > I am the Chairman of the South African Federation of Bee-Farmers' > Associations. I am interested in finding out more about propolis and wish > to be directed to folk who may have done analytical testing on the product. > I believe that one of the constituents in propolis is Quercetin. This is > interesting as Quercetin is an anti-carcinogen. The specific substance I am > looking for is resveratrol. This is a natural antifungicide found in > certain plants, mainly skins of berries and grapes. I'm sure it could be > found in other parts of plants, but it has not been looked for, as generally > the vine is not eaten, only the fruit. If it is found in other plant parts > the chances are good that it should also be found in propolis. If you can > help me in this matter by giving me any leads, etc. I would be very > grateful. > Regards > Eddy Lear >