Aslı Ozkpok Author

Short Communication Open Access

Bee products and their biological effects

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Aslı Ozkpok

Honeybees evolved with flowering plants 50 million years ago.While
they provide pollination of plants, they collect nectar, resinous,
pollen etc. from plants and turn them to the bee products for their
life. On the other hand, human beings discovered bee products
15000 years ago and used them for their own sake. Nowadays
bee products are divided into two groups. First one is; honeybees
collect from plants and partially add from their bodies. These are
honey, pollen, bee bread, and propolis. Second one is; honeybees
secrete them from their bodies or directly from the bee body. These
are royal jelly, beeswax, bee venom, and apilarnil. These products
show antioxidant, antibacterial, antifungal, antiviral, antitumoral
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