DOĞANIN ŞİFASI: ARI ZEHRİNİN SAĞLIK ÜZERİNDEKİ ETKİLERİ VE UYGULAMALARI

Yıl 2024, Cilt: 24 Sayı: 2, 386 - 402, 18.11.2024

Sibel Kaymak , Nilüfer Vural , Oğuz Yüce , Salih Mollahaliloğlu

https://doi.org/10.31467/uluaricilik.1512321

Öz

Apiterapi, başta bal arısı zehri olmak üzere bal arısı ürünlerinin kullanımıyla yüzyıllardır birçok insanın şifa edindiği ve sıklıkla başvurulan bir integratif tedavi yöntemidir. Bal arısı zehri, insan vücuduna manuel enjeksiyonla topikal olarak veya doğrudan arı sokmasıyla uygulanabilmektedir. Bal arısı zehri içerdiği peptit ve enzimler sayesinde sahip olduğu yüksek biyoterapötik potansiyeli ile başta enflamatuvar hastalıklar olmak üzere nörodejeneratif hastalıklar ve romatoid artrit gibi kas-iskelet sistemi hastalıklarının tedavisinde kullanılmaktadır. Literatürdeki birçok çalışma, bal arısı zehri bileşenlerinin biyolojik aktivitelerini tanımlamış ve bu bileşenlerin yeni nesil ilaçlar olarak potansiyel kullanımını geliştirmek etrafında şekillenmiş durumdadır. Bu derlemenin amacı, bal arısı zehrinin toplanmasını, ana bileşenlerini, temel biyolojik özelliklerini ve terapötik uygulamalarını özetlemektir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Apiterapi, Bal arısı zehri, Apitoksin, Enflamasyon

Healing Power of Nature: Effects and Applications of Bee Venom on Health

Öz

Apitherapy is an integrative treatment method that has been relied upon for centuries, using honeybee products, primarily bee venom, for healing many human ailments. Bee venom can be administered to the human body through manual injection, topically, or directly via bee stings. Bee venom contains various bioactive molecules such as peptides and enzymes, which possess significant biotherapeutic potential in treating inflammatory diseases, neurodegenerative disorders, and musculoskeletal conditions like rheumatoid arthritis. Numerous studies in the literature have identified the biological activities of bee venom components and have focused on developing the potential use of apitoxin and its constituents as next-generation drugs. The aim of this review is to summarize the collection of bee venom, its main components, fundamental biological properties, and therapeutic applications.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Apitherapy, Bee venom, Apitoxin, Inflammation

Kaynakça

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