Ahmed Hegazi1 and Ahmed F M Al Gethami2
1National Research Centre, Egypt 2Al Guthami Foundation, Saudi Arabia
Title: Immune enhancer of bee propolis
Biography
Biography: Ahmed Hegazi1 and Ahmed F M Al Gethami2
Abstract
Propolis had been well documented in traditional medicine for treating systemic immune diseases, allergic diseases, viral diseases and organic-specific inflammatory diseases since more than one thousand years. During the last ten years, immunoregulatory and anti-inflammatory properties of propolis have been published. The therapeutic characteristics of propolis have been well known for a very long time. It has been used in folk medicine for different nations as early in Egypt as 3000 BC. It has recently become a subject of increasing interest for chemists and biologists. It had various biological and therapeutic activities. Propolis possesses variable biological activities activity was investigated on antiviral, antibacterial, fungicidal, anti-inflammatory, antitumor, antiparasitic, antioxidant, cytokines and immune response. This review was aimed to through more light on the enhancing activity of propolis on immune response.