New Advances in Antioxidant of Bee Products
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Food Science and Technology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 August 2025 | Viewed by 980
Special Issue Editors
Interests: Apis mellifera; propolis; bee pollen; bioactive compounds of bee products; animal biotechnology; environmental biotechnology; physicochemical analysis; antimicrobial activities of plants and bee products
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Interests: food chemistry; bee products; plant extracts; isolation and characterization of plant extracts; chromatography; spectrometry; in vitro evaluations of biological activity of bee products (honey, propolis, bee pollen, royal jelly); foods and plant extracts
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Interests: biotechnologies; bees; bee products; biodiversity; laboratory techniques
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Bee products, such as honey, propolis, royal jelly, apilarnil, bee pollen, and bee bread, have long been known for their health benefits, particularly due to their antioxidant properties. Recent advances in understanding and applying these antioxidant properties have opened new avenues for health and wellness. The linkage between plants and honeybees through their role as bioindicators in the conservation of biodiversity plays an important role regarding ecological resources, animal wellness, and appropriate farming-based land use, which has led to improved product quality. Beekeeping practices and quality control measures ensure the sustainable production of high-quality bee products. Genomic studies on bee populations are providing insights into how different bee species and their environments affect the antioxidant profiles of the products they produce. This knowledge can be used to breed bees that produce more potent antioxidant compounds in bee products. Standardization of bee product composition and stringent quality control protocols help maintain the consistency and efficacy of antioxidant properties.
This Special Issue entitled “New Advances in Antioxidant of Bee Products” is an extension of our Special Issue “Quality Control of Bee Products: Functional and Chemical Properties” focused on the main modern laboratory methods applicable to the characterization of the antioxidant potential of melliferous plants and bee products.
Topics include, but are not limited to, recent advances in improving the extraction methods of antioxidants from plants and bee products, ensuring higher purity and efficacy. Techniques, such as ultrasound-assisted extraction, microwave-assisted extraction, and supercritical fluid extraction, show promise in increasing the yield of antioxidant compounds from bee products. Advanced analytical techniques like High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) and Mass Spectrometry (MS) can be employed to identify phenolic acids, flavonoids, and other bioactive compounds with antioxidant properties. In other words, the health benefits from plants and bee products need to be evaluated, and this will pave the way for the development of new therapeutic applications.
Dr. Claudia Pașca
Dr. Otilia Bobis
Prof. Dr. Daniel Severus Dezmirean
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- apitherapy
- hive products
- apilarnil
- modern extraction techniques
- analytical methods
- antioxidant potential of bee products
- plants
- quality products
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