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Physicochemical Properties of Two Mexican Stingless Bee Honeys to Strengthen Their Biocultural Value
Honey production in Mexico is an ancient economic, social, and biocultural activity for indigenous communities, Mayas, and Totonacs, among others....
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Chemical Composition of Bee Pollen and Leishmanicidal Activity of Rhusflavone
Bee pollen monofloral from Attalea funifera Mart., Arecaceae, known as piaçava, was analyzed with ultra-performance liquid chromatography coupled...
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DISCUSSION OF HERBAL DRUGS BASED ON THE BIOGENETIC CLASSIFICATION OF THEIR MAIN ACTIVE COMPONENTS
Honey is prepared by honey-bees (Apis mellifera) from the nectar and honeydew of flowers. After chemical conversion by the gastric juices in the...
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Brazilian stingless bee propolis and geopropolis: promising sources of biologically active compounds
Stingless bee products such as honey, pollen, propolis, and geopropolis have been used for centuries in traditional medicine for the treatment of...
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Antileishmanial activity and chemical composition from Brazilian geopropolis produced by stingless bee Melipona fasciculata
Geopropolis is produced by some stingless bee species such as Melipona fasciculata and consists of a mixture of plant resins, salivary secretions of...
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Development and validation of a high-performance thin layer chromatography method for the simultaneous quantitation of α- and γ-mangostins in Thai stingless bee propolis
Stingless bees (Apoidea) are widely distributed and commercially cultivated in artificial hives in fruit gardens. Their propolis are commonly used in...
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Determination of phenolic profile by HPLC-ESI-MS/MS, antioxidant activity, in vitro cytotoxicity and anti-herpetic activity of propolis from the Brazilian native bee Melipona quadrifasciata
Propolis is a rich source of bioactive molecules made by bees by collecting an infinite variety of secondary metabolites from plants. This study...
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Green Propolis: Cytotoxic and Leishmanicidal Activities of Artepillin C, p-Coumaric Acid, and Their Degradation Products
Brazilian green propolis is a bee product which displays many biological activities, such as antiparasitic, antimicrobial, and cytotoxic. Artepillin...
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Wound healing activity and chemical composition of geopropolis from Melipona subnitida
Geopropolis collected by stingless bees is a product widely used in the semiarid Northeast region of Brazil. The wound healing activity,...
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Medicinal Angiosperms of Labiatae (Cont. II)
This chapter introduces 25 species of medicinal plants in 1 family, mainly including Paraphlomis javanica, Perilla frutescens, Perilla frutescens...
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Biological and therapeutic effects of honey produced by honey bees and stingless bees: a comparative review
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...
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Partial characterization of ethanolic extract of Melipona beecheii propolis and in vitro evaluation of its antifungal activity
The ethanolic extract of Melipona beecheii Bennett 1831, propolis from Yucatan Mexico was evaluated in vitro for the determination of its phenolic...
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Chemical characterization, antioxidant and anti-HIV activities of a Brazilian propolis from Ceará state
Propolis (bee glue) a product of Apis mellifera L. is a resinous mixture containing chiefly beeswax and resin harvested by bees from plant leaves,...
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Propolis polyphenolic compounds affect the viability and structure of Helicobacter pylori in vitro
To evaluate the anti-Helicobacter pylori activity of the major polyphenol compounds of propolis and their cellular damage, both as single molecule or...
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Ecuadorian honey types described by Kichwa community in Rio Chico, Pastaza province, Ecuador using Free-Choice Profiling
Pastaza is the largest and least populated province in Ecuador, with seven native indigenous nationalities. The Kichwas from the Rio Chico community...
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Medicinal Angiosperms of Araceae
This chapter introduces 26 species of medicinal plants in 1 family, mainly including Acorus calamus, Acorus gramineus, Acorus tatarinowii, Aglaonema...
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Bee venom induces apoptosis and suppresses matrix metaloprotease-2 expression in human glioblastoma cells
Glioblastoma is the most common malignant brain tumor representing with poor prognosis, therapy resistance and high metastasis rate. Increased...
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Medicinal Angiosperms of Molluginaceae, Portulacaceae, and Polygonaceae
This chapter introduces 27 species of medicinal plants in 3 families, mainly including Mollugo stricta of Molluginaceae, Portulaca oleracea of...
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Pentacyclic triterpenes and other constituents in propolis extract from Melipona beecheii collected in Yucatan, México
Thirteen pentacyclic triterpenes, methyl 3-oxours-12-en-23-oate, marsformosanone, taraxerone, β-amyrenone, α-amyrenone, lupenone,...
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Caffeic acid improves locomotor activity and lessens inflammatory burden in a mouse model of rotenone-induced nigral neurodegeneration: Relevance to Parkinson’s disease therapy
BackgroundCaffeic acid phenethyl ester is found in honey bee propolis. It has immunomodulatory, anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer properties....