
Life, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 15(5), P. 764 - 764
Published: May 9, 2025
Honeybee (Apis spp.) products have been used for centuries due to their nutritional value and diverse healing properties. Propolis, produced by honeybees, is a unique resin collected from tree buds, sap flows, other plant exudates, which then mixed with bee enzymes, beewax, secretions. This comprehensive review starts meta-analysis following the PRISMA approach explore recent advances in chemical composition of propolis, its biological activities pharmacological properties, applications products, future perspectives. The propolis varies depending on source, season harvest, geography, type flora, climate, honeybee species at site collection, some these are related. Flavonoids, aromatic acids, phenolic esters key bioactive compounds contributing such as antioxidant, antibacterial, antiparasitic, antiviral, antileishmanial, antidiabetic, anti-inflammatory, immunomodulatory, anticancer effects. In summary, stands out multifaceted natural product broad spectrum activities. aims provide valuable insights researchers, practitioners, decision-makers involved studying sources, composition, propolis. highlighted hotspots emerging frontiers presented herein poised unlock full potential paving way innovative health wellness.
Language: Английский