Medicinal Properties of Stingless Bee Honey
Sekar, Mahendran, et.al
School of Pharmacy, Monash University, Malaysia, bandar Sunway, Subang Jaya 47500, Selangor, Malaysia
Honey: Composition and Health Benefits (2023): 314.
Key research conclusions:
● Because of its nutritional and therapeutic benefits, honey has been a significant natural food source since ancient times.
● Plant exudate liquids are collected, altered, and stored by bees to generate honey.
● The largest group of eusocial bees, stingless bees contain about 500 species worldwide.
● According to reports, forty different kinds of bees can create honey, with stingless bees being common in tropical and subtropical areas.
● Because stingless bees are not picky about where they establish their colony hives, it is simpler to construct an artificial hive to control the colony and boost honey output.
● The amber-brown and sour stingless bee honey (SBH) has several phytochemical components with a range of therapeutic benefits.
● Over 200 different substances, including vitamins, enzymes, amino acids, and minerals, can be found in honey. Sugars make up between 95% and 99% of the dry matter in honey.
● SBH has reportedly been found to provide a wide range of therapeutic benefits, including impacts on eye illness, reproductive disorders, and hypertension as well as antibacterial, antioxidant, wound-healing, anti-inflammatory, antidiabetic, and anticancer qualities.
● The research draws attention to restrictions and difficulties impacting the phytochemical components and physicochemical properties of SBH as medicines.
