Characterization of Apis mellifera Gastrointestinal Microbiota and Lactic Acid Bacteria for Honeybee Protection—A Review

A Nowak, D Szczuka, A Górczyńska, I Motyl, D Kręgiel - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Numerous honeybee (Apis mellifera) products, such as honey, propolis, and bee venom, are
used in traditional medicine to prevent illness and promote healing. Therefore, this insect …

Understanding the effects of sublethal pesticide exposure on honey bees: a role for probiotics as mediators of environmental stress

JA Chmiel, BA Daisley, AP Pitek… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Managed populations of the European honey bee (Apis mellifera) support the production of
a global food supply. This important role in modern agriculture has rendered honey bees …

Exposure to pesticide residues in honey and its potential cancer risk assessment

SA Ashraf, D Mahmood, OE Abd Elmoneim… - Food and Chemical …, 2023 - Elsevier
Honey is the most recognized natural food by-product of flower nectar and the upper aero-
digestive tract of the honeybees. Significance of honey for its medicinal importance are well …

Gut microbiota: a key factor in the host health effects induced by pesticide exposure?

Z Meng, L Liu, S Yan, W Sun, M Jia, S Tian… - Journal of Agricultural …, 2020 - ACS Publications
In the past few decades, a large number of pesticides have been widely used for plant
protection. Pesticides may enter non-target organisms through multiple ways and bring …

Bioremediation of organophosphorus pesticides in contaminated foodstuffs using probiotics

Z Sarlak, K Khosravi-Darani, M Rouhi, F Garavand… - Food Control, 2021 - Elsevier
Organophosphorus pesticides (OPPs) are widely used to control agricultural and domestic
pests. Exposure to OPP residues poses serious health threats to human health through …

Functional properties and antimicrobial activity from lactic acid bacteria as resources to improve the health and welfare of honey bees

M Iorizzo, F Letizia, S Ganassi, B Testa, S Petrarca… - Insects, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Honey bees play a pivotal role in the sustainability of ecosystems and
biodiversity. Many factors including parasites, pathogens, pesticide residues, forage losses …

Microbiota and organophosphates

P Roman, D Cardona, L Sempere, F Carvajal - Neurotoxicology, 2019 - Elsevier
Organophosphates (OPs) are important toxic compounds commonly used for a variety of
purposes in agriculture, industry and household settings. Consumption of these compounds …

Probiotic cultures as a potential protective strategy against the toxicity of environmentally relevant chemicals: State-of-the-art knowledge

K Baralić, K Živančević, D Bozic… - Food and Chemical …, 2023 - Elsevier
Environmentally relevant toxic substances may affect human health, provoking numerous
harmful effects on central nervous, respiratory, cardiovascular, endocrine and reproductive …

Probiotics as potential detoxification tools for mitigation of pesticides: a mini review

M Mohammadi, M Shadnoush… - … journal of food …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Pesticides play a key role in agriculture and food production by controlling the insects,
weeds, plant pathogens and microbial contaminations. Although they are useful in some …

Apoptotic Effect of Saccharomyces cerevisiae on Human Colon Cancer SW480 Cells by Regulation of Akt/NF-ĸB Signaling Pathway

S Shamekhi, J Abdolalizadeh, A Ostadrahimi… - Probiotics and …, 2020 - Springer
Drug resistance is one of the major problems, which causes recurrence of cancers.
Therefore, complementary treatments are needed to improve the impacts of chemotherapy …