From the hive: Honey, a novel weapon against cancer

M Badolato, G Carullo, E Cione, F Aiello… - European journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Highlights•Honey, as functional food, has health promoting and medicinal properties.•The
antioxidant property of honey plays a central role in its chemopreventive effect.•The …

[HTML][HTML] Biological and therapeutic effects of honey produced by honey bees and stingless bees: a comparative review

PV Rao, KT Krishnan, N Salleh, SH Gan - Revista Brasileira de …, 2016 - SciELO Brasil
Honey is a natural product produced by both honey bees and stingless bees. Both types of
honey contain unique and distinct types of phenolic and flavonoid compounds of variable …

Therapeutic and preventive properties of honey and its bioactive compounds in cancer: An evidence-based review

S Afrin, SM Haneefa… - Nutrition research …, 2020 - cambridge.org
Despite the much improved therapeutic approaches for cancer treatment that have been
developed over the past 50 years, cancer remains a major cause of mortality globally …

[HTML][HTML] Traditional and modern uses of natural honey in human diseases: a review

T Eteraf-Oskouei, M Najafi - Iranian journal of basic medical …, 2013 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Honey is a by-product of flower nectar and the upper aero-digestive tract of the honey bee,
which is concentrated through a dehydration process inside the bee hive. Honey has a very …

Honey and cancer: sustainable inverse relationship particularly for developing nations—a review

NH Othman - Evidence‐Based Complementary and Alternative …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Honey and cancer has a sustainable inverse relationship. Carcinogenesis is a multistep
process and has multifactorial causes. Among these are low immune status, chronic …

[PDF][PDF] A review of propolis antitumor action in vivo and in vitro

N Oršolić - Journal of ApiProduct and ApiMedical Science, 2010 - ibra.org.uk
Epidemiologic findings strongly suggest that cancer rates are influenced by environmental
factors that can be mitigated to a great extent, for example by a diet rich in …

Natural bee products and their apitherapeutic applications

S Kolayli, M Keskin - Studies in Natural Products Chemistry, 2020 - Elsevier
The honey bee has been of enormous importance to humanity for thousands of years. Many
different bee products used for traditional and complementary therapies, also known as …

Stingless bee honey, the natural wound healer: A review

MA Abd Jalil, AR Kasmuri, H Hadi - Skin Pharmacology and Physiology, 2017 - karger.com
Background: The stingless bee is a natural type of bee that exists in almost every continent.
The honey produced by this bee has been widely used across time and space. The …

[HTML][HTML] Role of honey in modern medicine

SA Meo, SA Al-Asiri, AL Mahesar, MJ Ansari - Saudi journal of biological …, 2017 - Elsevier
Use of honey has a very long history. Honey has been used since ancient time due to its
nutritional and therapeutic values. There had been varied ways of consumption honey …

Isolation and characterization of polyphenols in natural honey for the treatment of human diseases

FI Jibril, ABM Hilmi, L Manivannan - Bulletin of the National Research …, 2019 - Springer
Honey is a natural sweetener that is derived from the nectar, pollen, and resin of plants. It
has been used as a folk medicine for decades. In addition to being an excellent therapeutic …