Bee Pollen as Functional Food: Insights into Its Composition and Therapeutic Properties
Bee pollen is a hive product made up of flower pollen grains, nectar, and bee salivary secretions that beekeepers can collect without damaging the hive. Bee pollen, also called bee-collected pollen, contains a wide range of nutritious elements, including proteins, carbs, lipids, and dietary fibers,...
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| author | Asmae El Ghouizi Meryem Bakour Hassan Laaroussi Driss Ousaaid Naoual El Menyiy Christophe Hano Badiaa Lyoussi |
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| description | Bee pollen is a hive product made up of flower pollen grains, nectar, and bee salivary secretions that beekeepers can collect without damaging the hive. Bee pollen, also called bee-collected pollen, contains a wide range of nutritious elements, including proteins, carbs, lipids, and dietary fibers, as well as bioactive micronutrients including vitamins, minerals, phenolic, and volatile compounds. Because of this composition of high quality, this product has been gaining prominence as a functional food, and studies have been conducted to show and establish its therapeutic potential for medical and food applications. In this context, this work aimed to provide a meticulous summary of the most relevant data about bee pollen, its composition—especially the phenolic compounds—and its biological and/or therapeutic properties as well as the involved molecular pathways. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8a4ffa9b17334f4e83f587e4759778012023-11-17T09:16:28ZengMDPI AGAntioxidants2076-39212023-02-0112355710.3390/antiox12030557Bee Pollen as Functional Food: Insights into Its Composition and Therapeutic PropertiesAsmae El Ghouizi0Meryem Bakour1Hassan Laaroussi2Driss Ousaaid3Naoual El Menyiy4Christophe Hano5Badiaa Lyoussi6Laboratory of Natural Substances, Pharmacology, Environment, Modeling, Health, and Quality of Life, Faculty of Sciences Dhar El Mahraz, University Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah, Fez 30000, MoroccoLaboratory of Natural Substances, Pharmacology, Environment, Modeling, Health, and Quality of Life, Faculty of Sciences Dhar El Mahraz, University Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah, Fez 30000, MoroccoLaboratory of Natural Substances, Pharmacology, Environment, Modeling, Health, and Quality of Life, Faculty of Sciences Dhar El Mahraz, University Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah, Fez 30000, MoroccoLaboratory of Natural Substances, Pharmacology, Environment, Modeling, Health, and Quality of Life, Faculty of Sciences Dhar El Mahraz, University Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah, Fez 30000, MoroccoLaboratory of Pharmacology, National Agency of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Taounate 34025, MoroccoDepartment of Chemical Biology, Eure et Loir Campus, University of Orleans, 28000 Chartres, FranceLaboratory of Natural Substances, Pharmacology, Environment, Modeling, Health, and Quality of Life, Faculty of Sciences Dhar El Mahraz, University Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah, Fez 30000, MoroccoBee pollen is a hive product made up of flower pollen grains, nectar, and bee salivary secretions that beekeepers can collect without damaging the hive. Bee pollen, also called bee-collected pollen, contains a wide range of nutritious elements, including proteins, carbs, lipids, and dietary fibers, as well as bioactive micronutrients including vitamins, minerals, phenolic, and volatile compounds. Because of this composition of high quality, this product has been gaining prominence as a functional food, and studies have been conducted to show and establish its therapeutic potential for medical and food applications. In this context, this work aimed to provide a meticulous summary of the most relevant data about bee pollen, its composition—especially the phenolic compounds—and its biological and/or therapeutic properties as well as the involved molecular pathways.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3921/12/3/557bee pollencompositionmedicinal propertiesfunctional food |
| spellingShingle | Asmae El Ghouizi Meryem Bakour Hassan Laaroussi Driss Ousaaid Naoual El Menyiy Christophe Hano Badiaa Lyoussi Bee Pollen as Functional Food: Insights into Its Composition and Therapeutic Properties Antioxidants bee pollen composition medicinal properties functional food |
| title | Bee Pollen as Functional Food: Insights into Its Composition and Therapeutic Properties |
| title_full | Bee Pollen as Functional Food: Insights into Its Composition and Therapeutic Properties |
| title_fullStr | Bee Pollen as Functional Food: Insights into Its Composition and Therapeutic Properties |
| title_full_unstemmed | Bee Pollen as Functional Food: Insights into Its Composition and Therapeutic Properties |
| title_short | Bee Pollen as Functional Food: Insights into Its Composition and Therapeutic Properties |
| title_sort | bee pollen as functional food insights into its composition and therapeutic properties |
| topic | bee pollen composition medicinal properties functional food |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3921/12/3/557 |
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