Honey bees can be found all around the world and fulfill key pollination roles within their
natural ecosystems, as well as in agriculture. Most species are typically docile, and most …

Nature has provided many drugs capable of treating and alleviating human diseases.
Terrestrial plants, bacteria, insects, fungi, and bee products have played major roles in …

Natural products represent important sources for the discovery and design of novel drugs.
Bee venom and its isolated components have been intensively studied with respect to their …

Melittin, an amphipathic 26-residue peptide, is the main component of honey bee venom.
Studies have been demonstrated that melittin has an inhibitory effect on proliferation of …

Africanized bees have spread across the Americas since 1956 and consequently resulted in
human and animal deaths attributed to massive attacks related to exposure from Argentina …

This review includes a variety of extremely rare and unusual hymenoptera sting (HS)
circumstances with regard to sting localization, geographic region, massivity of multiple …

Background Honey bee venom contains various enzymes with wide medical and
pharmaceutical applications. Results The phospholipase A2 (PLA2) has been apparently …

Envenoming resulting from Apis honeybee stings pose a neglected public health concern,
with clinical complications ranging from mild local reactions to severe systemic …

Insect-derived antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) have diverse effects on antimicrobial
properties and pharmacological activities such as anti-inflammation and anticancer …

Background Apis mellifera venom, which has already been recommended as an alternative
anti-inflammatory treatment, may be also considered an important source of candidate …