Bee pollen as a food and feed supplement and a therapeutic remedy: recent trends in nanotechnology
2024
Syed Ishtiaq Anjum | Amjad Ullah | Amjad Ullah | Faryal Gohar | Ghulam Raza | Muhammad Ilyas Khan | Mehwish Hameed | Abid Ali | Chien-Chin Chen | Chien-Chin Chen | Chien-Chin Chen | Chien-Chin Chen | Chien-Chin Chen | Ivana Tlak Gajger
Pollen grains are the male reproductive part of the flowering plants. It is collected by forager honey bees and mixed with their salivary secretions, enzymes, and nectar, which form fermented pollen or “bee bread” which is stored in cells of wax honeycombs. Bee pollen (BP) is a valuable apitherapeutic product and is considered a nutritional healthy food appreciated by natural medicine from ancient times. Recently, BP has been considered a beneficial food supplement and a value-added product that contains approximately 250 different bioactive components. It contains numerous beneficial elements such as Mg, Ca, Mn, K, and phenolic compounds. BP possesses strong antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, antiviral, analgesic, immunostimulant, neuroprotective, anti-cancer, and hepatoprotective properties. It is used for different purposes for the welfare of mankind. Additionally, there is a growing interest in honey bee products harvesting and utilizing for many purposes as a natural remedy and nutritive function. In this review, the impacts of BP on different organisms in different ways by highlighting its apitherapeutic efficacy are described.
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