Brazilian red propolis: phytochemical screening, antioxidant activity and effect against cancer cells

Table 2 Phytochemical screening of the red propolis extract

Allelochemical	EEP	Chloroform fraction	Ethyl acetate fraction	Hexane fraction
Phenols	N^a	N	N	N
Pyrogallic tannins	N	N	N	N
Phlobaphene tannins	P^a	P	P	P
Anthocyanin and anthocyanidin	N	N	N	N
Flavones, flavonols and xanthones	P	P	N	P
Chalcones and aurones	P	P	P	N
Flavononols	N	N	N	N
Leucoanthocyanidins	N	N	N	N
Catechins	P	P	P	N
Flavonones	N	N	N	N
Steroids	N	N	N	N
Triterpenoids	P	P	P	P
Saponins	N	N	N	N

Phytochemical screening detected presence of phlobaphene tannins, flavones, flavonols, xanthones and pentacyclic triterpenoids in EEP and its chloroform, hexane and ethyl acetate fractions
^aP positive, N negative

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