Moraru, D.; Alexa, E.; Cocan, I.; Obiștioiu, D.; Radulov, I.; Hulea, A.; Simiz, E.; Berbecea, A.; Grozea, A.; Dragomirescu, M.; Vintilă, T.; Pătruică, S. Chemical Composition, Antioxidant, Antimicrobial and Antiinflamatory Activity of Some Bee Products. Preprints2023, 2023070874. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202307.0874.v1
APA Style
Moraru, D., Alexa, E., Cocan, I., Obiștioiu, D., Radulov, I., Hulea, A., Simiz, E., Berbecea, A., Grozea, A., Dragomirescu, M., Vintilă, T., & Pătruică, S. (2023). Chemical Composition, Antioxidant, Antimicrobial and Antiinflamatory Activity of Some Bee Products. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202307.0874.v1
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Moraru, D., Teodor Vintilă and Silvia Pătruică. 2023 "Chemical Composition, Antioxidant, Antimicrobial and Antiinflamatory Activity of Some Bee Products" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202307.0874.v1
Abstract
Bee products have a millennial tradition in human use due to their numerous heal-ing properties. The paper presents the chemical characterization, antioxidant, anti-microbial and anti-inflammatory potential of royal jelly, apilarnil and propolis. These were obtained in the Banat area, Romania, in 2022. Royal jelly and apilarnil were analyzed in pure and lyophilized form and propolis in pure form and tincture. The percentage of moisture, dry matter, pH, acidity, content of impurities, sugars, proteins, ash, macro and micro minerals, total amino acids, polyphenols and flavo-noids were studied. The samples analyzed by us have a very well developed antiox-idant and according to the analysis of the mineral content of beekeeping products, an increased variability of macro and microminerals was determined, but also the lack of Pb in their composition. The flavonoid content of the samples was between 2.61519 mg QE/g sample for commercial pure apilarnil and 279.56115 mg QE/g sample for propolis harvested in 2021, and that of polyphenols between 0.63507 mg QE/g sample for natural royal jelly and 42.82186 mg QE/g sample in propolis with harvest in 2021. Propolis acts as a good antimicrobial and antiinflammatory agent, a fact that deserves to be researched in detail and exploited as a product with an ap-itherapeutic role for various microbial and inflammatory conditions.
Keywords
royal jelly; apilarnil; propolis; chemical composition; antioxidant; antimicrobial; antinflamatory activity
Subject
Biology and Life Sciences, Biology and Biotechnology
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