Quantitative Assessment of Total Aerobic Viable Counts in Apitoxin-, Royal-Jelly-, Propolis-, Honey-, and Bee-Pollen-Based Products Through an Automated Growth-Based System.

ABSTRACT: Bee-derived products such as apitoxin, royal jelly, propolis, bee pollen, and honey are increasingly being used as part of cosmetic products because all of them contain a large number of bioactive compounds with antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, and regenerative properties, which enable them to be used for therapeutic purposes. The aim of this investigation was to assess the performance of an automated growth-based system in order to make a quantitative examination of the total aerobic viable counts in bee-derived personal care products using NF-TVC vials that contained a nutrient-based medium with dextrose as the carbon source. According to USP general chapter <1223>, pivotal validation criteria such as linearity, equivalence of results, operative range, precision, accuracy,

SUBMITTER: Prada-Ramirez HA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12843669 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature