Biological activities of royal jelly: a mini-review

Abstract

Royal jelly is a bee product made by cephalic glands of nurse bees that has been utilized in medicine for ages because of its unique therapeutic properties. Proteins, royalisin, jelleins, fatty acids, and 10-hydroxy-2-decenoic acid are among the bioactive components found in royal jelly. There are many studies vouch that royal jelly has antioxidant, antimicrobial, anticancer, fertilization, wound-healing, anti-aging, insulin-like, antimutagenic, antidiabetic, anti-inflammatory potentials. The bioactive components it contains are primarily responsible for these functions. This study is aimed to review the biological activities of royal jelly.

Keywords

• Royal jelly
• Biological activity
• Honey bee
• Nurse bee

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