A Sweeter Pill to Swallow: A Review of Honey Bees and Honey as a Source of Probiotic and Prebiotic Products
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Probiotic Properties of Honey Bees and Honey
3. Prebiotic Properties of Honey
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Probiotic | Source | Origin/Country | Reference |
---|---|---|---|
Bifidobacterium spp. | Apis cerana japonica gut | Tsukuba, Japan | [22] |
Bifidobacterium spp., Lactobacillus spp., Bacillus spp. | Apis cerana indica gut | Samut-Songkhram, and Chumphon, Thailand | [23] |
Lactobacillus spp. | Apis cerana indica gut | Karnataka, India | [24] |
Lactobacillus plantarum, Lactobacillus pentosus, Lactobacillus fermentum | Apis dorsata gut | Terengganu, Malaysia | [25] |
Lactobacillus kunkeei strains | Yigilca honey bee gut | Duzce, Turkey | [26] |
Lactobacillus plantarum, Lactobacillus paraplantarum, Lactobacillus plantarum strains | Apis mellifera gut | Menoua, Cameroon | [27] [28] |
Lactobacillus plantarum strains | Apis cerana indica gut | Kerala, India | [29] |
Lactic Acid Bacteria (LAB) genera: Enterococcus, Lactobacillus, Micrococcus, Lactococcus, Streptococcus, Pediococcus, Leconostoc | Apis cerana indica Fabricius, Apis mellifera Linnaeus, Apis florea Fabricius, & Apis dorsata Fabricius guts and honey | Tamil Nadu, India | [30] |
Enterococcus faecalis strains, Lactobacillus brevis, Lactobacillus casei | Apis mellifera gut | Cairo, Egypt | [31] |
Fructobacillus fructossus strains, Lactobacillus kunkeei strains | Apis mellifera mellifera, Apis mellifera ligustica and hybridized bee guts, larvae and honey | Aland Island, Finland | [32] |
Lactobacillus kunkeei strains (sixty-six strains), Lactobacillus casei (one strain), Lactobacillus spp. (five unidentified strains), Fructobacillus fructosus strains (eight strains), Enterococcus (five strains), Bifidobacterium asteroids | Apis mellifera gut | The Caucasus Mountains, and Kolkheti Valley, Georgia | [33] |
Lactobacillus kunkeei strains, Lactobacillus fructosus strains | Apis mellifera gut | Lublin, Poland | [34] |
Lactobacillus kunkeei strains, Fructobacillus fructossus strains | Apis mellifera Linnaeus gut | Pulawy, Poland | [35] |
Fructobacillus fructossus, Proteus mirabilis, Bacillus subtilis, Bacillus licheniformis, Lactobacillus kunkeei, Enterobacter kobei, Morganella morganii | Apis mellifera jemenitica gut | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | [36] |
Apilactobacillus kunkeei strains | Apis mellifera Linnaeus gut | N/A | [37] |
Bacillus spp. | Apis cerana japonica gut | Tsukuba, Japan | [38] |
Bacillus subtilis strains | Honey bee gut and honey | N/A | [39] |
Bacillus licheniformis, Paenibacillus polymyxa (Bacillus polymyxa), Wickerhamomyces anomalus, Lachancea thermotolerans, Zygosaccharomyces mellis, | Apis mellifera carnica gut Apis mellifera ligustica gut | Giza, Egypt | [40] |
Lactobacillus kunkeei strains, Lactobacillus spp. | Honey (Apis dorsata) | Kedah, Malaysia | [41] |
Leuconostoc mesenteroides strains | Honey (Apis mellifera) | Algeria | [42] |
Lactic Acid Bacteria (Species and subspecies not mentioned) | Honey (Apis mellifera) | Indonesia | [43] |
Bacillus spp. | Commercial honey (Libya, Saudi Arabia and Egypt) | N/A | [44] |
Bacillus subtilis, Brevibacillus brevis, Bacillus megaterium strains, Lactobacillus acidophilus | Local honey | Iran | [45] |
Bacillus subtilis strains Bacillus endophyticus | Mountain honey Persimmon honey (commercial) | Nigeria Egypt | [46] |
Bacillus spp. | Honey | China | [47] |
Bacillus subtilis, Bacillus mycoides, Bacillus thuringiensis, Bacillus amyloliquefaciens, Bacillus velezensis | Raw honey (Polyfloral) | Romania | [48] |
Gluconobacter oxydans | Honey (Apis cerana indica) | Tamil Nadu, India | [49] |
Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains, Meyerozyma guilliermondiii | Raw honey (Apis dorsata fabricius) | Ratchaburi, Thailand | [50] |
Probiotic | Sources of Prebiotic | Country | Key Findings | Reference |
---|---|---|---|---|
Lactobacillusacidophilus strains | Honey | India |
| [55] |
Lactobacillus acidophilus, Bifidobacterium bifidum | Sesame honey (Sesamum indicum) | India |
| [56] |
Lactobacillus acidophilus, Lactobacillus rhamnosus | Chestnut honey | Turkey |
| [57] |
Lactobacillus plantarum strain | Wild honey (Polyfloral) | Cameroon |
| [58] |
Lactobacillus acidophilus, Lactobacillus gasseri, Lacticaseibacillus casei, Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus, Lactiplantibacillus plantarum | Fir, strawberry tree, ivy, tree of heaven, sulla, cardoon, rhododendron honey (Commercial, organic, monofloral honey) | Italy |
| [59] |
Bifidobacterium longum strains, Bifidobacterium breve, Bifidobacterium bifidum | Agmark grade honey | India |
| [60] |
Bifidobacterium bifidum and Lactobacilli | Clover honey (Unprocessed and sterilised) | Egypt |
| [61] |
Bifidobacteria | Buckwheat honey | China |
| [62] |
N/A | Manuka honey (MGO™) | Ireland |
| [63] |
Microbiota of the mice gut | Jarrah honey | China |
| [64] |
N/A | Giant Willow Aphid honeydew honey (Tuberolachnus salignus) | New Zealand |
| [65] |
Limosilactobacillus reuteri | Manuka honey (Drapac DrKiwi AMF5, AMF10, AMF15 and AMF20) | New Zealand |
| [66] |
Probiotic | Sources of Prebiotic | Country | Key Findings | Reference |
---|---|---|---|---|
Bifidobacterium lactis, Bifidobacterium longum | Chestnut and Acacia honey (Monofloral) in fermented soymilk | Croatia |
| [67] |
Lactobacillus delbreuckii ssp. bulgaricus, Streptococcus thermophilus, Bifidobacterium bifidum, Lactobacillus rhamnosus, Lactobacillus reuteri | Raw honey in fermented cow’s milk | Saudi Arabia |
| [68] |
Lactobacillus delbreuckii ssp. bulgaricus, Streptococcus thermophilus, Bifidobacterium breve strains, Bifidobacterium longum strains, | Eucalyptus and Greenbrier honey (Polyfloral) or Lime honey (Monofloral) in yogurt (skimmed milk) | Algeria France |
| [69] |
Lactobacillus delbrueckii ssp. bulgaricus, Streptococcus salivarius ssp. thermophilus | Honey in yogurt (skimmed milk) | Pakistan |
| [70] |
Lactobacillus acidophilus, Bifidobacterium animalis ssp. lactis, Streptococcus thermophilus | Black locust honey (Robinia pseudoacacia L.) in yogurt (camel and cow’s milk) | Hungary UAE |
| [71] |
Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) | Natural Kerala honey, Honey oligosaccharides in fermented milk (cow’s milk) | India |
| [72] |
Lactobacillus delbrueckii ssp. bulgaricus, Streptococcus thermophilus, Lactobacillus acidophilus, Bifidobacterium bifidum | Sedr honey in yogurt (buffalo’s milk) | Egypt |
| [73] |
Lactobacillus statsumensis, Leuconostoc mesenteroides, Bacillus megaterium, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Lachancea fermentati |
| Brazil |
| [74] |
Streptococcus thermophiles, Lactobacillus acidophilus, Bifidobacterium sp. | Local commercial honey in yogurt (goat’s milk) and tamr (P. dactylifera L.) | Egypt |
| [75] |
Lactobacillus acidophilus, Bifidobacterium sp. | African commercial honey in yogurt (skimmed milk powder) | N/A |
| [76] |
Lactobacillus casei | Marjoram honey in yogurt (goat’s milk) | Egypt |
| [77] |
Lactobacillus delbrueckii ssp. bulgaricus, Streptococcus thermophilus, Lactobacillus rhamnosus, Lactobacillus acidophilus, Lactobacillus plantarum, Bifidobacterium animals ssp. lactis | Pine honey in yogurt (cow’s milk) | Turkey |
| [78] |
Lactobacillus delbrueckii ssp. bulgaricus, Streptococcus thermophilus, Lactobacillus reuteri | Manuka honey (Blend, UMF™ 18+, AMF™ 15+ and AMF™ 20+) in yogurt (cow’s milk) | New Zealand |
| [79] |
Lactobacillus casei ssp. casei, Lactobacillus plantarum | Honey in fermented soymilk | Indonesia Poland |
| [80] |
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Mustar, S.; Ibrahim, N. A Sweeter Pill to Swallow: A Review of Honey Bees and Honey as a Source of Probiotic and Prebiotic Products. Foods 2022, 11, 2102. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods11142102
Mustar S, Ibrahim N. A Sweeter Pill to Swallow: A Review of Honey Bees and Honey as a Source of Probiotic and Prebiotic Products. Foods. 2022; 11(14):2102. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods11142102
Chicago/Turabian StyleMustar, Suraiami, and Nurliayana Ibrahim. 2022. "A Sweeter Pill to Swallow: A Review of Honey Bees and Honey as a Source of Probiotic and Prebiotic Products" Foods 11, no. 14: 2102. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods11142102
APA StyleMustar, S., & Ibrahim, N. (2022). A Sweeter Pill to Swallow: A Review of Honey Bees and Honey as a Source of Probiotic and Prebiotic Products. Foods, 11(14), 2102. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods11142102