Biological Activity and Chemical Composition of Honeybee Products
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Natural Products Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2026 | Viewed by 3
Special Issue Editors
Interests: bee products; quality control; antioxidant activity
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Interests: mass spectrometry; chromatography; natural products; metabolomics
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Recently, scientific research on bee products has been growing considerably. In fact, bees are excellent pollinators, and their products, especially propolis and honey, demonstrate great biological activity. Their chemical composition is quite diverse depending on the place of collection, indicating that their components may have great potential in the development of new drugs, and bee products themselves can be excellent apitherapeutics. Products originating from native bees are gradually being recognized, which, in many parts of the world, have chemical compositions and biological activities that are not known, and could become great allies in the treatment and cure of diseases. Therefore, studies reporting the bioactivity of bee products with known geographic origin, bee species, and chemical profile are welcome. Importantly, the functional properties of known and novel bioactive molecules are welcome. Papers describing only popular uses will not be accepted.
Dr. Maria Cristina Marcucci
Dr. Alexandra Christine Helena F. Sawaya
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- chemical composition
- biological activity
- products from native bees
- regulation
- quality control
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