Fecha de publicación: 04/03/2003 Fuente: WIPO "propolis" PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a propolis composition constituted so as to exhibit high efficacy as a healthy food and a cosmetic material, and further to provide its granular preparation.SOLUTION: This propolis composition contains the propolis extracted with a hydrophilic organic solvent, the propolis extracted with water, and the propolis extracted by supercritical extraction, regulated so that the propolis extracted with the hydrophilic organic solvent will be 1-20 pts.wt. and the propolis extracted with the water will be 0.5-6 pts.wt. based on 1 pts.wt. propolis extracted by the supercritical extraction. The propolis extracted with the water and the propolis extracted by the supercritical extruction are preferably the ones extracted from a residue after extraction of an original lump of the propolis with the hydrophilic organic solvent. The propolis composition is preferably constituted of a powder of the extract of the propolis extracted with the hydrophilic organic solvent, a powder of the extract of the propolis extracted with the water, and a powder of the extract of the propolis extracted by supercritical extruction. The granular preparation of the propolis composition contains the propolis composition, and contains the propolis extracted with the hydrophilic organic solvent, the propolis extracted with the water, and the propolis extracted by the supercritical extruction.COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO