Cosmetic Applications of Bee Venom [PDF]
Toxins, 2021 Bee venom (BV) is a typical toxin secreted by stingers of honeybee workers. BV and BV therapy have long been attractive to different cultures, with extensive studies during recent decades. Nowadays, BV is applied to combat several skin diseases, such as atopic dermatitis, acne vulgaris, alopecia, vitiligo, and psoriasis.
Aida A. Abd El-Wahed +11 more
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Venom composition and pain-causing toxins of the Australian great carpenter bee Xylocopa aruana
Scientific Reports, 2022 Most species of bee are capable of delivering a defensive sting which is often painful. A solitary lifestyle is the ancestral state of bees and most extant species are solitary, but information on bee venoms comes predominantly from studies on eusocial ...
Naiqi Shi +9 more
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An evaluation of the chemical content and microbiological contamination of Anatolian bee venom.
PLoS ONE, 2021 Bee venom is a natural substance produced by worker bees. The aim of this research paper is to determine the characteristics of Anatolian bee venom by evaluating its chemical content and microbiological properties.
Aslı Elif Tanuğur-Samanc +1 more
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Biomolecular evaluation of apoptosis, cell cycle, oxidative stress, and limiting enzymes of the glycolytic pathway in hepatocellular carcinoma cell line HepG2 treated with crude snake venom with or without sorafenib [PDF]
Journal of Bioscience and Applied Research, 2023 Background: Natural venoms have biological activities including anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, and anticancer effects. Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is still a worldwide problem and difficult to treat by chemotherapeutic agents especially sorafenib (
Maha Abdel Al Shakour +4 more
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Prevalent bee venom genes evolved before the aculeate stinger and eusociality
BMC Biology, 2023 Background Venoms, which have evolved numerous times in animals, are ideal models of convergent trait evolution. However, detailed genomic studies of toxin-encoding genes exist for only a few animal groups.
Ivan Koludarov +17 more
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Peptidomic analysis of the venom of the solitary bee Xylocopa appendiculata circumvolans
Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, 2017 Background Among the hymenopteran insect venoms, those from social wasps and bees – such as honeybee, hornets and paper wasps – have been well documented.
Kohei Kazuma +10 more
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Secreted Phospholipases A2 from Animal Venoms in Pain and Analgesia
Toxins, 2017 Animal venoms comprise a complex mixture of components that affect several biological systems. Based on the high selectivity for their molecular targets, these components are also a rich source of potential therapeutic agents.
Vanessa O. Zambelli +4 more
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Pimecrolimus Is a Potent Inhibitor of Allergic Reactions to Hymenopteran Venom Extracts and Birch Pollen Allergen In Vitro. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Pimecrolimus (Elidel, SDZ ASM 981) is an anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory 33-epichloro-derivative of macrolactam ascomycin, with low potential for affecting systemic immune responses compared with other calcineurin inhibitors, cyclosporin A and ...
Petr Heneberg +2 more
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Kounis syndrome in poisoning due to bee stings, a narrative review
Iatreia, 2023 Kounis syndrome is defined by the appearance of acute coronary events associated to anaphylactic symptoms. The pathophysiological mechanism is still uncertain, however, coronary vasospastic activity secondary to a hy-persensitivity type I response is ...
Diana Lizeth Cabrera-Rojas +1 more
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Phospholipase A from Bee Venom [PDF]
European Journal of Biochemistry, 1971 The phospholipase A from the venom of the common European honey bee (Apis mellifica) has been completely purified. The final product (13 g from 700 g of crude venom) readily crystallizes and is homogeneous with respect to starch gel electrophoresis at pH 8.0, isoelectric focussing in polyacrylamide gel in the pH range 3–10, and sedimentation and ...
R A, Shipolini +5 more
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