Abstract
Green propolis has high commercial and medicinal value and among its constituents is baccharin, one of the major compounds found in Baccharis dracunculifolia, the main botanical source of green propolis. Baccharin is notable for inhibiting the enzyme aldo-keto reductase 1C3, which in the mammary gland converts 4-androstane-3,17-dione into testosterone which can subsequently be converted t…