Antioxidant activity in bee products: A review

M Martinello, F Mutinelli - Antioxidants, 2021 - mdpi.com
Bee products have been used since ancient times both for their nutritional value and for a
broad spectrum of therapeutic purposes. They are deemed to be a potential source of …

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 products as a source of promising therapeutic and chemoprophylaxis strategies against COVID‐19 (SARS‐CoV‐2)

WG Lima, JCM Brito… - Phytotherapy …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The emergence of novel coronavirus (SARS‐CoV‐2) in 2019 in China marked the third
outbreak of a highly pathogenic coronavirus infecting humans. The novel coronavirus …

Characterization of beeswax, candelilla wax and paraffin wax for coating cheeses

A Bucio, R Moreno-Tovar, L Bucio, J Espinosa-Dávila… - Coatings, 2021 - mdpi.com
A study on the physical and mechanical properties of beeswax (BW), candelilla wax (CW),
paraffin wax (PW) and blends was carried out with the aim to evaluate their usefulness as …

Pesticide and veterinary drug residues in Belgian beeswax: occurrence, toxicity, and risk to honey bees

N El Agrebi, K Traynor, O Wilmart, S Tosi… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Pesticide and veterinary drug residues are one of the stress factors affecting bee health and
mortality. To investigate the occurrence, the concentration and the toxicity risk to bees of …

Bigels as potential inks for extrusion-based 3d food printing: Effect of oleogel fraction on physical characterization and printability

AS Fernandes, BV Neves, TM Mazzo, E Longo… - Food …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study aimed to develop, characterize, and evaluate the three-dimensional (3D) printing
performance of new food-grade bigels using different printer parameters (nozzle diameter …

Mediterranean propolis from the adriatic sea islands as a source of natural antioxidants: Comprehensive chemical biodiversity determined by GC-MS, FTIR-ATR …

L Svečnjak, Z Marijanović, P Okińczyc, P Marek Kuś… - Antioxidants, 2020 - mdpi.com
There is no systematic report about propolis chemical biodiversity from the Adriatic Sea
islands affecting its antioxidant capacity. Therefore, the samples from the islands Krk, Rab …

The Honey Bee Apis mellifera: An Insect at the Interface between Human and Ecosystem Health

G Papa, R Maier, A Durazzo, M Lucarini, IK Karabagias… - Biology, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Apis mellifera Linnaeus (1758), a honey bee, is a eusocial insect widely
known for its role in pollination, an essential ecosystem service for plant biodiversity, and …

Unraveling the chemical composition, antioxidant, α-amylase and α-glucosidase inhibition of Moroccan propolis

H Laaroussi, P Ferreira-Santos, Z Genisheva… - Food Bioscience, 2021 - Elsevier
In the present study, seven propolis samples collected from different areas of Morocco were
evaluated for various potential attributes. Physicochemical parameters (moisture, pH …

Determinants of Honey and other bee products use for culinary, cosmetic, and medical purposes

I Kowalczuk, J Gębski, D Stangierska, A Szymańska - Nutrients, 2023 - mdpi.com
Bee products have been used for centuries for culinary, medicinal, and cosmetic purposes,
and their properties are still a subject of research, which provide new arguments in favour of …