Journal
ANTIOXIDANTS
Volume 12, Issue 3, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/antiox12030557
Keywords
bee pollen; composition; medicinal properties; functional food
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Bee pollen is a hive product made up of flower pollen grains, nectar, and bee salivary secretions. It contains a wide range of nutritious elements and bioactive micronutrients. Research has been conducted to explore its therapeutic potential for medical and food applications, especially its phenolic compounds and molecular pathways.
Bee pollen is a hive product made up of flower pollen grains, nectar, and bee salivary secretions that beekeepers can collect without damaging the hive. Bee pollen, also called bee-collected pollen, contains a wide range of nutritious elements, including proteins, carbs, lipids, and dietary fibers, as well as bioactive micronutrients including vitamins, minerals, phenolic, and volatile compounds. Because of this composition of high quality, this product has been gaining prominence as a functional food, and studies have been conducted to show and establish its therapeutic potential for medical and food applications. In this context, this work aimed to provide a meticulous summary of the most relevant data about bee pollen, its composition-especially the phenolic compounds-and its biological and/or therapeutic properties as well as the involved molecular pathways.
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