ReviewJournal of intercultural ethnopharmacology
The consumption of propolis and royal jelly in preventing upper respiratory tract infections and as dietary supplementation in children.
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 40 citations in OpenAlex.
- Impact of royal jelly consumption on oxidative stress, anti-oxidant markers and physical activities of patients with multiple sclerosis: a randomized double-blind placebo-controlled study.Irish journal of medical science · 2025Trial
- What Do Turkish Parents Think About Using Bee Products for Their Children?Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Nature's Remedies: Exploring the Potential of Propolis to Alleviate Non-Motor Manifestations of Parkinson's Disease.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Royal jelly a promising therapeutic intervention and functional food supplement: A systematic review.Heliyon · 2024Review
- The Effects of Propolis on Viral Respiratory Diseases.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Comparative study of royal jelly, propolis, and photobiomodulation therapies in 5-fluorouracil-related oral mucositis in rats.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2022Article
- Natural Compounds for Preventing Ear, Nose, and Throat-Related Oral Infections.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- Prevention of New Respiratory Episodes in Children with Recurrent Respiratory Infections: An Expert Consensus Statement.Microorganisms · 2020Review
- Food policy, nutrition and nutraceuticals in the prevention and management of COVID-19: Advice for healthcare professionals.Trends in food science & technology · 2020Review
- A water-soluble boronic acid sensor for caffeic acid based on double sites recognition.RSC advances · 2020Article
- Authors' response to letter to the editor: "Meta-analysis on vitamin C and the common cold in children may be misleading".European journal of clinical pharmacology · 2019Article
- Composition and functional properties of propolis (bee glue): A review.Saudi journal of biological sciences · 2019Review
- The Contribution of Complementary and Alternative Medicine to Reduce Antibiotic Use: A Narrative Review of Health Concepts, Prevention, and Treatment Strategies.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2019Review
- Anti-Cancer and Protective Effects of Royal Jelly for Therapy-Induced Toxicities in Malignancies.International journal of molecular sciences · 2018Review
- Royal Jelly InhibitsBioMed research international · 2017Article
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Abstract
Propolis and royal jelly (RJ), two important honeybee products, have been used commonly all over the world as traditional and ethnopharmacological nutrients since ancient times. Both of them have a lot of active ingredients which are known to be effective for several medical conditions. In this article, medical databases were searched for the usage of RJ and propolis in upper respiratory tract infections (URTI) and as a dietary supplementation, together and separately. 10-hydroxy-2-decenoic acid is the most prominent active compound showing antimicrobial effect within RJ. Caffeic acid phenethyl ester is the most famous one that shows antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory effect within propolis. When compared with propolis, RJ was found to have richer content for all three main nutrients; proteins, carbohydrates, and lipids. More clinical, experimental, and basic studies are needed to find out the best standardized mixture to cope with URTI in which RJ and propolis will be main ingredients in addition to the other secondary compounds that have health-beneficial effects.
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