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Review
. 2015:2015:297425.
doi: 10.1155/2015/297425. Epub 2015 Mar 11.

Bee pollen: chemical composition and therapeutic application

Katarzyna Komosinska-Vassev  1 , Pawel Olczyk  2 , Justyna Kaźmierczak  1 , Lukasz Mencner  1 , Krystyna Olczyk  1
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Review

Bee pollen: chemical composition and therapeutic application

Katarzyna Komosinska-Vassev et al. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2015.

Abstract

Bee pollen is a valuable apitherapeutic product greatly appreciated by the natural medicine because of its potential medical and nutritional applications. It demonstrates a series of actions such as antifungal, antimicrobial, antiviral, anti-inflammatory, hepatoprotective, anticancer immunostimulating, and local analgesic. Its radical scavenging potential has also been reported. Beneficial properties of bee pollen and the validity for their therapeutic use in various pathological condition have been discussed in this study and with the currently known mechanisms, by which bee pollen modulates burn wound healing process.

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