Anjum Syed Ishtiaq, Ullah Amjad, Gohar Faryal, Raza Ghulam, Khan Muhammad Ilyas, Hameed Mehwish, Ali Abid, Chen Chien-Chin, Tlak Gajger Ivana
Department of Zoology, Kohat University of Science and Technology, Kohat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
Department of Plant Protection, Ministry of National Food Security and Research, Karachi, Pakistan.
Front Nutr. 2024 Jun 4;11:1371672. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2024.1371672. eCollection 2024.
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.
花粉粒是开花植物的雄性生殖部分。它由觅食的蜜蜂采集，并与它们的唾液分泌物、酶和花蜜混合，形成发酵花粉或“蜂粮”，储存在蜡质蜂巢的巢室中。蜂花粉（BP）是一种有价值的蜂疗产品，被认为是一种营养健康食品，自古以来就受到天然药物的青睐。最近，蜂花粉被认为是一种有益的食品补充剂和增值产品，含有大约250种不同的生物活性成分。它含有许多有益元素，如镁、钙、锰、钾和酚类化合物。蜂花粉具有强大的抗氧化、抗炎、抗菌、抗病毒、止痛、免疫刺激、神经保护、抗癌和保肝特性。它被用于人类福祉的不同目的。此外，人们越来越关注将蜂产品用于多种目的的收获和利用，作为一种天然疗法和营养功能。在这篇综述中，通过强调其蜂疗功效，描述了蜂花粉以不同方式对不同生物体的影响。
