Exploring the potential of hydro alcoholic crude extract of beeswax as antibacterial antifungal antiviral antiinflammatory and antioxidant agent.

ABSTRACT: Apis mellifera beeswax is synthesized from honey sugars and secreted by specialized glands located on the ventral side of the abdomen of worker bees aged 12-18 days. This beeswax possesses various therapeutic properties beneficial to human health. Given the priority in pharmacological research to develop new drugs from natural sources with minimal side effects, the absence of studies on the biological activities of A. mellifera beeswax is notable. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the chemical composition, as well as the anti-inflammatory, antiviral, cytotoxic, antimicrobial, and antioxidant activities of hydroethanolic crude beeswax extract from A. mellifera. The results revealed the presence of the flavonoids rutin (19.39 µg/g), naringenin (69.52 µg/g), daidzein (3.34 µg/g), quer

SUBMITTER: Mekky AE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12432216 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature