“…Preliminary TLC and HPTLC separations were carried out using a standard mixture comprising 17 flavonoid aglycones, decribed as constituents of poplar type propolis, that is, six flavones (apigenin, luteolin, genkwanin, chrysin, chrysin 5,7-dimethylether, tectochrysin), five flavonols (galangin, isorhamnetin, kaempferol, quercetin, myricetin), five flavanones (eriodictyol, naringenin, pinocembrin, pinostrobin, pinocembrin 5,7-dimethylether) and one flavanonol (pinobanksin). Optimization of chromatographic separation from methanolic extracts of Populus buds was performed by testing systems previously used for botanical classification of propolis (Table III) (7)(8)(9)(10)17).…”