Bee venom: A medical perspective

• DOI: 10.18663/tjcl.451586
• Publication Date: 2019-08-18T14:05:01Z
• Authors: Ali Korhan SİG; Mustafa GÜNEY; Özlem ÖZ SİG; Hüseyin ŞAN
• Keywords: Bee Venom

Apitherapy is a complementary medical technique that has an old history and applied in various diseases worldwide. Apitherapeutical applications are not treatment methods by themself, but theycan be substantial parts of multidisciplinary approaches. One them, bee venom therapy, currently-applied method Bee (BV) includes several substances such as peptides, phospholipids, bioactive amines, amino acids, sugars, pheromones, enzymes minerals.Studies on whole BV its singular components indicated they have huge potential anti-inflammatory, anti-arthritis, anti-nociceptive, neuroprotective, anti-tumoral, anti-microbial, anti-diabetic anti-rheumatic activities.Results vivo studies against arthritis, Parkinson’s Alzheimer’s disease andcancer very promising, also vitro results indicating other activities antimicrobial effect observed. Although mechanisms action many still remains unclear, beneficial effects utilities certain conditions obvious. It seems may open new doors diseases.