Yuksel Sevda, Akyol Sumeyya
Department of Child Development, School of Health, Turgut Ozal University, Ankara, Turkey.
Department of Medical Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Turgut Ozal University, Ankara, Turkey.
J Intercult Ethnopharmacol. 2016 Mar 31;5(3):308-11. doi: 10.5455/jice.20160331064836. eCollection 2016 Jun-Aug.
Propolis and royal jelly (RJ), two important honeybee products, have been used commonly all over the world as traditional and ethnopharmacological nutrients since ancient times. Both of them have a lot of active ingredients which are known to be effective for several medical conditions. In this article, medical databases were searched for the usage of RJ and propolis in upper respiratory tract infections (URTI) and as a dietary supplementation, together and separately. 10-hydroxy-2-decenoic acid is the most prominent active compound showing antimicrobial effect within RJ. Caffeic acid phenethyl ester is the most famous one that shows antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory effect within propolis. When compared with propolis, RJ was found to have richer content for all three main nutrients; proteins, carbohydrates, and lipids. More clinical, experimental, and basic studies are needed to find out the best standardized mixture to cope with URTI in which RJ and propolis will be main ingredients in addition to the other secondary compounds that have health-beneficial effects.
蜂胶和蜂王浆（RJ）是两种重要的蜜蜂产品，自古以来就在世界各地作为传统和民族药理学营养物质被广泛使用。它们都含有许多活性成分，已知这些成分对多种疾病有效。在本文中，我们在医学数据库中搜索了蜂王浆和蜂胶在上呼吸道感染（URTI）中的使用情况以及它们作为膳食补充剂单独和联合使用的情况。10-羟基-2-癸烯酸是蜂王浆中最突出的具有抗菌作用的活性化合物。咖啡酸苯乙酯是蜂胶中最著名的具有抗菌和抗炎作用的化合物。与蜂胶相比，蜂王浆在蛋白质、碳水化合物和脂质这三种主要营养成分方面含量更丰富。需要更多的临床、实验和基础研究来找出应对上呼吸道感染的最佳标准化混合物，其中蜂王浆和蜂胶将作为主要成分，此外还有其他具有有益健康作用的次要化合物。
