Carbon tetrachloride (CCl(4)) is a well-known hepatotoxicant, and its exposure induces hepatorenal injury via oxidative stress and biochemical alterations. This study had been conducted to confirm the protective role of propolis extract on CCl(4)-induced hepatorenal oxidative stress and resultant injury. Propolis extracts collected from Gwalior district and 24 female Sprague Dawley rats were us...

The use of propolis as a dietary supplement or as an ingredient in different food products is increasing, due to its antioxidant and bactericidal properties. These nutritional properties directly depend on its phenolic composition. For this reason, this study analysed the total contents of flavones and flavonols, flavanones and dihydroflavonols, and the antioxidant capacity by using the methods...

Propolis is a natural substance known to be beneficial for human health and used as a folk medicine in many parts of the world. In this study, phenolic profiles and antioxidant properties of Beijing propolis extracted by different ethanol/water solvents were analyzed. Our results reveal that phenolic compounds and antioxidant properties of propolis extracts were significantly dependent on the c...

Propolis is a resinous mixture collected from plant buds and exudates by honeybees; this substance is used as a building insulation material in beehives (Greenaway et al. 1990). Because of its wide use in folk medicine, propolis has been the subject of intense pharmacological and chemical study for almost 30 years (Bankova 2005). It has recently gained popularity as a food supplement and is use...

Propolis is strong adhesive material with one of most valuable bees product and has wide range of biological activities such as antibacterials, antiviruses, antifungals, antiinflammation, photoprotector and so on. Propolis has been aplied as antimicrobials agent in food and healtcare products. To improve handling properties, Indonesian propolis were encapsulated by casein micelle with a homogen...

tension, arteriosclerosis, heart disease, obesity, diabetes mellitus, and cancers have become a great social problem. As regards diseases of circulatory system such as hypertension, arteriosclerosis and heart disease, increasing numbers of people are showing symptoms of hypertension or pre-hypertension stage. Causes leading to hypertension include increase in the volume of body fluid, increase ...

Vulvovaginal candidiasis is the second cause of vaginal infection in the USA. Clinical treatment of C. albicans infections is routinely performed with polyenes and azole derivatives. However, these drugs are responsible for undesirable side effects and toxicity. In addition, C. albicans azole and echinocandin resistance has been described. Propolis is a bee product traditionally used due to its...

This study aimed at identifying the effects of propolis and honeybee pollen (HBP) on growth performance, fecundity and some hematological indices of liver and kidney functions of Nile tilapia ''Oreochromis niloticus'' supplemented with 2.5% of propolis or HBP in diet for 21 days. The results showed that dietary propolis or HBP significantly (P<0.05) improved Specific Growth Rate (SGR), Average ...

BACKGROUND/AIM Outer inflammatory protein A (OipA) is an important adhesin of Helicobacter pylori. Our goal was to assess the role of OipA in protection of C57BL/6 mice against H. pylori. MATERIALS AND METHODS C57BL/6 mice were mucosally immunized with recombinant OipA protein, OipA + propolis, propolis, and phosphate-buffered saline. After vaccination, anti-OipA IgA was measured. Mice were c...

Article history: Received on: 05/05/2016 Revised on: 17/07/2016 Accepted on: 19/10/2016 Available online: 31/01/2017 Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is among the threats to global public health, with developing countries being mostly affected. The AMR has undermined development of new antimicrobial agents by pharmaceutical industries despite new emerging infections. This necessitates a search fo...