Bee Products: An Emblematic Example of Underutilized Sources of Bioactive Compounds
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American Chemical Society
Materia
Honeybee byproducts Bee pollen Propolis Bee bread Royal jelly Beeswax
Fecha
2022-01-02Referencia bibliográfica
Giampieri, F... [et al.] (2022). Bee Products: An Emblematic Example of Underutilized Sources of Bioactive Compounds. Journal of agricultural and food chemistry. [https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jafc.1c05822]
Resumen
Beside honey, honeybees (Apis mellifera L.) are able to produce many byproducts, including bee pollen, propolis, bee
bread, royal jelly, and beeswax. Even if the medicinal properties of these byproducts have been recognized for thousands of years by
the ancient civilizations, in the modern era, they have a limited use, essentially as nutritional supplements or health products.
However, these natural products are excellent sources of bioactive compounds, macro- and micronutrients, that, in a synergistic way,
confer multiple biological activities to these byproducts, such as, for example, antimicrobial, antioxidant, and anti-inflammatory
properties. This work aims to update the chemical and phytochemical composition of bee pollen, propolis, bee bread, royal jelly, and
beeswax and to summarize the main effects exerted by these byproducts on human health, from the anticancer and immunemodulatory
activities to the antidiabetic, hypolipidemic, hypotensive, and anti-allergic properties.