Pharmacological effects and mechanisms of bee venom and its main components: Recent progress and perspective

P Shi, S Xie, J Yang, Y Zhang, S Han, S Su… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Bee venom (BV), a type of defensive venom, has been confirmed to have favorable
activities, such as anti-tumor, neuroprotective, anti-inflammatory, analgesic, anti-infectivity …

Harnessing the power of bee venom for therapeutic and regenerative medical applications: an updated review

KM Sadek, NA Shib, ES Taher, F Rashed… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Honeybees have been helpful insects since ancient centuries, and this benefit is not limited
to being a honey producer only. After the bee stings a person, pain, and swelling occur in …

Antimicrobial properties of honeys produced by stingless bees (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponini) from different vegetation zones of Tanzania

CA Mduda, MH Muruke, JM Hussein - International Journal of Tropical …, 2023 - Springer
Stingless bee honey is an important component of African ethno-medicine, used to treat a
variety of health conditions. However, there is scanty information on the therapeutic …

Analytical methods for honeybee venom characterization

I El Mehdi, SI Falcão, S Boujraf… - Journal of Advanced …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
The discovery of new drugs has benefited significantly from the development of research in
venomics, increasing our understanding of the envenomation processes. It has been …

Bee venom as an alternative for antibiotics against Staphylococcus aureus infections

A Sameh, AA Gouda, E Elmligy, H Hatem, SS Sadek… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
The misuse of antibiotics has led to antibiotic-resistant bacterial strains, making it even
harder to combat and eliminate their infections. Staphylococcus aureus causes various …

Chemical profiling and antimicrobial effect of Anatolian honey bee venom

E Sonmez, M Kekecoglu, A Bozdeveci, SA Karaoglu - Toxicon, 2022 - Elsevier
Due to increasing antibiotic resistance, there is an urgent need to find new antibiotic
alternatives or supporters for the treatment of disease-causing pathogens. For this reason …

Africanized Bee Venom (Apis mellifera Linnaeus): Neuroprotective Effects in a Parkinson's Disease Mouse Model Induced by 6-hydroxydopamine

CG Dantas, AO da Paixão, TLGM Nunes, IJF Silva… - Toxics, 2022 - mdpi.com
This study evaluated the neuroprotective effects of the Africanized bee venom (BV) and its
mechanisms of action after 6-hydroxydopamine-(6-OHDA)-induced lesion in a mice model …

In vitro cytotoxicity assessment of biosynthesized Apis mellifera bee venom nanoparticles (BVNPs) against MCF-7 breast cancer cell lines

V Jadhav, A Bhagare, A Palake, K Kodam, A Dhaygude… - Discover Nano, 2024 - Springer
In this work, we reported the synthesis of honey bee (Apis mellifera) venom-derived
nanoparticles via a hydrothermal method. This method not only ensures the preservation of …

Harnessing bio-based chelating agents for sustainable synthesis of AgNPs: Evaluating their inherent attributes and antimicrobial potency in conjunction with honey

M Irshad, A Mukhtar, AN Tabish, MB Hanif, M Sheraz… - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
Greenly synthesized nanoparticles have garnered attention due to their low environmental
footprint, but impurities limit their applications. A novel semi-organic method for synthesizing …

Antimicrobial Activity of Apis mellifera Bee Venom Collected in Northern Peru

O Pérez-Delgado, AO Espinoza-Culupú… - Antibiotics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Due to the emergence of microorganisms resistant to antibiotics and the failure of antibiotic
therapies, there is an urgent need to search for new therapeutic options, as well as new …