Pharmaceutical prospects of bee products: Special focus on anticancer, antibacterial, antiviral, and antiparasitic properties

F Nainu, A Masyita, MA Bahar, M Raihan, SR Prova… - Antibiotics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Bee products have long been used in traditional healing practices to treat many types of
disorders, including cancer and microbial-related diseases. Indeed, several chemical …

Bee bread as a promising source of bioactive molecules and functional properties: an up-to-date review

M Bakour, H Laaroussi, D Ousaaid, A El Ghouizi… - Antibiotics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Bee bread is a natural product obtained from the fermentation of bee pollen mixed with bee
saliva and flower nectar inside the honeycomb cells of a hive. Bee bread is considered a …

Bee collected pollen and bee bread: Bioactive constituents and health benefits

R Mărgăoan, M Stranț, A Varadi, E Topal, B Yücel… - Antioxidants, 2019 - mdpi.com
Bee products were historically used as a therapheutic approach and in food consumption,
while more recent data include important details that could validate them as food …

From the hive to the table: Nutrition value, digestibility and bioavailability of the dietary phytochemicals present in the bee pollen and bee bread

V Aylanc, SI Falcão, S Ertosun, M Vilas-Boas - Trends in Food Science & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Consumption of natural products has increased significantly due to the idea that
if nutrition improves, this leads to improved health, general well-being and reduces the risk …

Recent insights into chemical and pharmacological studies of bee bread

SAM Khalifa, M Elashal, M Kieliszek… - Trends in Food Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Bee bread is a product of the fermentation of a mixture of pollen, nectar and bee
saliva that is inoculated by a wide range of bacteria and yeasts necessary for fermentation …

Bee bread as a functional product: Chemical composition and bioactive properties

M Bakour, Â Fernandes, L Barros, M Sokovic… - Lwt, 2019 - Elsevier
Bee bread is a mixture of pollen pellets, honey and lactic acid bacteria, and the basis of food
in the hive. In the present study, a Moroccan bee bread has been analyzed concerning the …

Significance of apoidea as main pollinators. ecological and economic impact and implications for human nutrition

P Hristov, B Neov, R Shumkova, N Palova - Diversity, 2020 - mdpi.com
Wild and managed bees provide pollination services to crops and wild plants, as well as a
variety of other services beneficial to humans. Honey bees are the most economically …

Processing technologies for bee products: An overview of recent developments and perspectives

X Luo, Y Dong, C Gu, X Zhang, H Ma - Frontiers in Nutrition, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Increased demand for a more balanced, healthy, and safe diet has accelerated studies on
natural bee products (including honey, bee bread, bee collected pollen royal jelly, propolis …

Effect of antioxidant-rich propolis and bee pollen extracts against D-glucose induced type 2 diabetes in rats

H Laaroussi, M Bakour, D Ousaaid… - Food Research …, 2020 - Elsevier
The present study was designed to investigate the preventive effect of propolis, bee pollen
and their combination on Type 2 diabetes induced by D-glucose in rats. The study was …

Biotechnological processes simulating the natural fermentation process of bee bread and therapeutic properties—an overview

DG Barta, M Cornea-Cipcigan, R Margaoan… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Recent signs of progress in functional foods and nutraceuticals highlighted the favorable
impact of bioactive molecules on human health and longevity. As an outcome of the …