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Bee Products

Properties, Applications, and Apitherapy

Avshalom Mizrahi, Yaacov Lensky (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

269 Seiten

1997 | 1997 ed.
Plenum Publishing Co.,N.Y. (Verlag)
978-0-306-45502-5 (ISBN)

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The nature .and diversity of presentations at the conference on: "Bee Products: Prop erties, Applications and Apitherapy" held at Tel-Aviv on May 26--30, 1996, emphasize the increasing interest of physicians, practitioners, scientists, herbalists, dieticians, cosmeti cians, microbiologists, and beekeepers in different facets of bee products. This volume consists of a selection of 31 contributions presented at the conference and which provide information on the present status of our knowledge in this area. In spite of their diversity, they reflect the mainstream of the conference, namely: "Imported" Prod ucts (honey, pollen and propolis), Exocrine Secretions of Workers (venom, royal jelly). Toxicity and Contaminants, Quality Control, Marketing, Apitherapy, Cosmetics, etc. Since antiquity, honey as well as other bee products were used as food, as a cure for ailments of humans and animals, and as cosmetics. We hope that this volume will contribute to interdisciplinary studies on chemical composition, pharmacological effects, nutrition, and other aspects of bee products. Critical and unbiased experimental research may unravel the yet unknown composition and mode of action of bee products and elucidate many unanswered questions. The noteworthy features of this conference were the participants from all parts of the world and of different cultural backgrounds, who shared their keen interest and curios ity regarding honey bees and their products. We thank all of them for their personal con tribution to the success of this conference.

1. The Past and Present Importance of Bee Products to Man.- 2. Bee Products: Chemical Composition and Application.- 3. Honey as an Antimicrobial Agent.- 4. Non-Peroxide Antibacterial Activity of Honey.- 5. Antioxidant Properties of Honey Produced by Bees Fed with Medical Plant Extracts.- 6. Speeding Up the Healing of Burns with Honey: An Experimental Study with Histological Assessment of Wound Biopsies.- 7. The Effect of Honey on Human Tooth Enamel and Oral Bacteria.- 8. Honey Contact with Teeth in Situ.- 9. Medicinal Herbs as a Potential Source of High-Quality Honeys.- 10. The Unique Properties of Honey as Related to Its Application in Food Processing.- 11. Honey as a Clarifying and Anti-browning Agent in Food Processing and a New Method of Mead Production.- 12. Bee-Pollen: Composition, Properties, and Applications.- 13. Clinical Evaluation of a New Hypoallergic Formula of Propolis in Dressings.- 14. Present State of Basic Studies on Propolis in Japan.- 15. The Usage and Composition of Propolis Added Cosmetics in Korea.- 16. Eucalyptus Propolis Beverages with Their Composition and Effects.- 17. An Inhibitory Effect of Propolis on Germination and Cell Division in the Root Tips of Wheat Seedlings.- 18. The Exocrine Glands of the Honey Bees: Their Structure and Secretory Products.- 19. Alarm Pheromones of the Queen and Worker Honey Bees (Apis mellifera L.).- 20. Protein Traffic between Body Compartments of the Female Honey Bee (Apis mellifera L.).- 21. Effects of Feeding, Age of the Larvae, and Queenlessness on the Production of Royal Jelly.- 22. The Use of Royal Jelly during Treatment of Childhood Malignancies.- 23. The Role of Hymenopterous Venoms in Nature.- 24. Effect of Apamin and Melittin on Ion Channels and Intracellular Calcium of Heart Cells.- 25. Bee Venom in Treatment of Chronic Diseases.- 26. Apitherapy in Orthopaedic Diseases.- 27. The Monitoring of Possible Biological and Chemical Contaminants in Bee Products.- 28. Heavy Metals in Propolis: Practical andSimple Procedures to Reduce the Lead Level in the Brazilian Propolis.- 29. Acaricide Residues in Beeswax and Honey.- 30. Judging the Quality of Honey by Sensory Analysis.- 31. Methods for the Characterization of the Botanical and Geographical Origin of Some Bee Products and for Their Quality Control.

Zusatzinfo	XIII, 269 p.
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Biochemie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Chemie ► Physikalische Chemie
ISBN-10	0-306-45502-1 / 0306455021
ISBN-13	978-0-306-45502-5 / 9780306455025
Zustand	Neuware