Description
Bee Products and Their Applications in the Food and Pharmaceutical Industries focuses on the health benefits of selected bee products by looking more closely at their pharmacological potentials and therapeutic applications in coping with various diseases. The book explores some of these products, such as royal jelly, propolis and bee venom, which is highly attractive to the food supplement sector due to the biological actions that are proved by scientific studies. Bee products also attract the cosmetics industry by utilizing those products in various applications such as hair products, toothpaste, sunscreen creams, lip balsams, or facial moisturizing creams.Each chapter focuses on a particular health benefit, providing more compact and detailed information about each activity for a specific interest. The mainframe of the book is based on the medicinal and pharmacological functions of bee products, with the therapeutic applications for each bee product supporting the mechanism of action of their biological functions.- Explores bee products such as honey, royal jelly, propolis, bee venom, bee pollen, bee bread, and beeswax health benefits- Includes the potential of bee products as a food supplement and cosmetic product- Covers the medicinal and pharmacological functions of bee products
Table of Contents
1. Bee Products - An Overview of Their Pharmacological Properties and Medicinal Applications2. Bee Products and Skin Therapy3. Bee Products and Diabetes Mellitus4. Propolis and Immune System5. Propolis and Gastrointestinal Tract Diseases 6. Potential of Propolis Against SARS CoV-2 Coronavirus Infection7. Effect of Propolis on Fungi of Human Clinical Interest8. Royal Jelly and Fertility9. Prevention of Side Effects from Chemoradiotherapy and Antitumor Potential of Royal Jelly and Its Components - A Systematic Review10. Royal Jelly: Healthy Aging and Longevity11. Bee Pollen in Cosmetics-The Chemical Point of View12. Pollen and Bee Bread and Liver Health13. Bee Bread and Gut Microbiota14. Therapeutic Application of Bee Venom for Rheumatoid Arthritis15. Bee Venom - Antitumor Activity and its Therapeutic Applications16. An Overview of Risks and Benefits of Bee Products17. Prospects of Propolis, Bee Pollen, Royal Jelly, and Bee Venom
