Abstract
Bee pollen is a combination of plant pollen and honeybee secretions and nectar. The Bible and ancient Egyptian texts are documented proof of its use in public health. It is considered a gold mine of nutrition due to its active components that have significant health and medicinal properties. Bee pollen contains bioactive compounds including proteins, amino acids, lipids, carbohydrates, minerals, vitamins, and polyphenols. The vital components of bee pollen enhance different bodily functions and offer protection against many diseases. It is generally marketed as a functional food with affordable and inexpensive prices with promising future industrial potentials. This review highlights the dietary properties of bee pollen and its influence on human health, and its applications in the food industry.
Highlights
In ancient societies, mainly in Greece, China, and Egypt, bee products were widely used in medicine
The current review aims to provide an overview of the dietary properties of bee pollen and its impact on human health and recent applications in the food industry
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Summary
Mainly in Greece, China, and Egypt, bee products were widely used in medicine. Bee pollen (Figure 1) is a mixture of flower pollen with honeybee secretions and nectar It can be gathered at the entrance of the hives with the aid of traps (Figure 1) [2]. Bee pollen is used in diets as supplementary nutrition due to its beneficial actions against human of 15 diseases It is a potential source of vital nutrients like proteins, lipids, vitamins, minerals, and carbohydrates, as well as trace elements and considerable amounts of polyphenols, mainly flavonoids [3].ItPlant and geographical origins besideslike other factorslipids, like atmoshuman diseases. Theatmospheric current review aims tosoil provide the bees dietary properties ofchemical bee like conditions, nature,an andoverview behavior of of the affects bee pollen pollen and its impact on human health and recent applications in the food industry. The current review aims to provide an overview of the dietary properties of bee pollen and its impact on human health and recent applications in the food industry
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