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Review

Bee Collected Pollen and Bee Bread: Bioactive Constituents and Health Benefits

by
Rodica Mărgăoan
1,
Mirela Stranț
2,
Alina Varadi
2,
Erkan Topal
3,
Banu Yücel
4,
Mihaiela Cornea-Cipcigan
5,*,
Maria G. Campos
6,7,* and
Dan C. Vodnar
8
1
Advanced Horticultural Research Institute of Transylvania, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca, 400372 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
2
Association Health with CasaBIO, 400015 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
3
Apiculture Section, Aegean Agricultural Research Institute, İzmir 35661, Turkey
4
Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Ege University, İzmir 35100, Turkey
5
Faculty of Horticulture, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca, 400372 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
6
Observatory of Drug-Herb Interactions, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Coimbra, Heath Sciences Campus, Azinhaga de Santa Comba, 3000-370 Coimbra, Portugal
7
Coimbra Chemistry Centre (CQC, FCT Unit 313) (FCTUC), University of Coimbra, Rua Larga, 3000-370 Coimbra, Portugal
8
Department of Food Science, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca, 400372 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
*
Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Antioxidants 2019, 8(12), 568; https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox8120568
Submission received: 18 October 2019 / Revised: 14 November 2019 / Accepted: 18 November 2019 / Published: 20 November 2019
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Phenolic Profiling and Antioxidant Capacity in Plants)
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Abstract

Bee products were historically used as a therapheutic approach and in food consumption, while more recent data include important details that could validate them as food supplements due to their bioproperties, which support their future use as medicines. In this review data, data collected from bee pollen (BP) and bee bread (BB) essays will be discussed and detailed for their nutritional and health protective properties as functional foods. Dietary antioxidants intake derived from BP and BB have been associated with the prevention and clinical treatment of multiple diseases. The beneficial effects of BP and BB on health result from the presence of multiple polyphenols which possess anti-inflammatory properties, phytosterols and fatty acids, which play anticancerogenic roles, as well as polysaccharides, which stimulate immunological activity. From the main bioactivity studies with BP and BB, in vitro studies and animal experiments, the stimulation of apoptosis and the inhibition of cell proliferation in multiple cell lines could be one of the major therapeutic adjuvant effects to be explored in reducing tumor growth. Tables summarizing the main data available in this field and information about other bio-effects of BP and BB, which support the conclusions, are provided. Additionally, a discussion about the research gaps will be presented to help further experiments that complete the tree main World Health Organization (WHO) Directives of Efficiency, Safety and Quality Control for these products.
Keywords: antioxidant activity; bee pollen; bee bread; cancer; diseases; health; natural product antioxidant activity; bee pollen; bee bread; cancer; diseases; health; natural product
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Mărgăoan, R.; Stranț, M.; Varadi, A.; Topal, E.; Yücel, B.; Cornea-Cipcigan, M.; Campos, M.G.; Vodnar, D.C. Bee Collected Pollen and Bee Bread: Bioactive Constituents and Health Benefits. Antioxidants 2019, 8, 568. https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox8120568

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Mărgăoan R, Stranț M, Varadi A, Topal E, Yücel B, Cornea-Cipcigan M, Campos MG, Vodnar DC. Bee Collected Pollen and Bee Bread: Bioactive Constituents and Health Benefits. Antioxidants. 2019; 8(12):568. https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox8120568

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Mărgăoan, Rodica, Mirela Stranț, Alina Varadi, Erkan Topal, Banu Yücel, Mihaiela Cornea-Cipcigan, Maria G. Campos, and Dan C. Vodnar. 2019. "Bee Collected Pollen and Bee Bread: Bioactive Constituents and Health Benefits" Antioxidants 8, no. 12: 568. https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox8120568

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Mărgăoan, R., Stranț, M., Varadi, A., Topal, E., Yücel, B., Cornea-Cipcigan, M., Campos, M. G., & Vodnar, D. C. (2019). Bee Collected Pollen and Bee Bread: Bioactive Constituents and Health Benefits. Antioxidants, 8(12), 568. https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox8120568

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