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Bee Pollen as Functional Food: Insights into Its Composition and Therapeutic Properties

Antioxidants · 7 authors, 4 centres

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This is a narrative review that synthesizes literature from multiple online databases to describe bee pollen.

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This is a narrative review that synthesizes literature from multiple online databases to describe bee pollen.

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PMC10045447

Bee Pollen as Functional Food: Insights into Its Composition and Therapeutic Properties

Antioxidants

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Bee pollen is a hive product made up of flower pollen grains, nectar, and bee salivary secretions that beekeepers can collect without damaging the hive. Bee pollen, also called bee-collected pollen, contains a wide range of nutritious elements, including proteins, carbs, lipids, and dietary fibers, as well as bioactive micronutrients including vitamins, minerals, phenolic, and volatile compounds. Because of this composition of high quality, this product has been gaining prominence as a functional food, and studies have been conducted to show and establish its therapeutic potential for medical and food applications. In this context, this work aimed to provide a meticulous summary of the most relevant data about bee pollen, its composition—especially the phenolic compounds—and its biological and/or therapeutic properties as well as the involved molecular pathways.

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Asmae El Ghouizi, Meryem Bakour, Hassan Laaroussi et al.. Bee Pollen as Functional Food: Insights into Its Composition and Therapeutic Properties. Antioxidants. (2023). https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox12030557

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Asmae El Ghouizi, Meryem Bakour, Hassan Laaroussi, Driss Ousaaid, Naoual El Menyiy, Christophe Hano, Badiaa Lyoussi

1Laboratory of Natural Substances, Pharmacology, Environment, Modeling, Health, and Quality of Life, Faculty of Sciences Dhar El Mahraz, University Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah, Fez 30000, Morocco
2The Higher Institute of Nursing Professions and Health Techniques, Fez 30000, Morocco
3Laboratory of Pharmacology, National Agency of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Taounate 34025, Morocco
4Department of Chemical Biology, Eure et Loir Campus, University of Orleans, 28000 Chartres, France

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