Apitherapy for Neurodegenerative Diseases

초록

Several studies have revealed that apitherapy is a holistic approach involving the use of the honeybee’s products for medicinal and therapeutic treatment of illnesses. This approach is an ancient method involving the utilization of various honeybees’ products like propolis, honey, bee venom, pollen, beeswax, royal jelly, and bee bread to manage neurodegenerative diseases. Bee products contains a lot of biogenic amines (dopamine, histamine, noradrenalin), enzymes (phospholipase A2, hyaluronidase, phospholipase B, alpha-glucosidase, phosphatase), peptides (melittin, MCD peptide, apamine, secapine, minimine, pamine, adolapine, protease inhibitor, procamine A, B, tertiapine, melittin F, cardiopep), amino acids (aminobutyric acid, hystidine, lysine, treonine, valine, arginine, serine, glutamic acid, methionine, phenylalanine, prolyne, tryptophane, glycine, norleucine, tyrosine), minerals, vitamins, aromatic substances, pigments, antibiotics (inhibine), phenolic bioagents (kaempferol, quercetin, chrysin, naringenin, pinocembrin, pinobanksin, apigenin, genistenin, luteolin, p-coumaric acid, herperetin, syringic acid, vanillic acid, caffeic acid), and sugar. This chapter focuses on the physiological roles of apitherapy on the body system. © 2026 selection and editorial matter, Olugbemi Tope Olaniyan, Abraham Olufemi Asuku, and Chioma A. Ohanenye; individual chapters, the contributors.