EFFECTIVENESS OF PROPOLIS IN THE TREATMENT OF COVID-19

Murat KÖSEDAĞ; Mine GÜLABOĞLU

Article Details

EFFECTIVENESS OF PROPOLIS IN THE TREATMENT OF COVID-19

Authors:

Murat KÖSEDAĞ | Mine GÜLABOĞLU

Publisher:

Ataturk University

Main Topics:

Pharmacology and therapeutics

Journal:

International Journal of PharmATA 2022 Vol.2 Issue 3, pp.11-15

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

7/2022

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2000784763

Frequency:

Quarterly

eISSN:

2791-9196

Abstract:

 

Propolis is one of the ways to protect the colony health and immunity of honey bees, and it is now known that honey bees can protect the colony from many microorganisms by forming a propolis layer inside the nest. This antimicrobial property of propolis and the fact that honey bees use propolis in their nests to kill bacteria and viruses have led scientists to investigate whether it can be used in the treatment against COVID-19. In this review, studies investigating the effectiveness of propolis in the treatment of COVID-19 in the literature were compiled by scanning the PubMed internet database with the terms of propolis, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2 and novel corona virus. As a result of the search, nine reviews, five research articles, one case report, two preliminary studies and one randomized controlled study were found. From these studies, a study found that it can be used as a promising treatment method by developing a liposomal formulation against COVID-19 using corn propolis. Another study showed that the propolis prevents and inhibits the adhesion of the COVID-19 virus to the ACE2 protein, which was its main target to infect the host cell. They explained that this was due to the fact that the components of caffeic acid, quercetin, kaempferol and myricetin in propolis had a strong interaction with the ACE2 protein. In a study on the enzymatic inhibition of the SARS-CoV-2, it was determined that molecular compounds of propolis showed therapeutic efficacy. As a conclusion, studies have shown that propolis has a promising therapeutic efficacy and can be used in the treatment of COVID-19. However, since most of the studies were experimental, non-clinical studies, and reviews, there is a need for clinical studies with a high level of evidence.

Article Details

EFFECTIVENESS OF PROPOLIS IN THE TREATMENT OF COVID-19

Authors: Murat KÖSEDAĞ | Mine GÜLABOĞLU

Publisher: Ataturk University

Main Topics: Pharmacology and therapeutics

Journal: International Journal of PharmATA 2022 Vol.2 Issue 3, pp.11-15

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 7/2022

Document Language: English

Document ID (Org No.): 2000784763

Frequency: Quarterly

eISSN: 2791-9196

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Authors:

Murat KÖSEDAĞ | Mine GÜLABOĞLU

Publisher:

Ataturk University

Main Topics:

Pharmacology and therapeutics

Journal:

International Journal of PharmATA 2022 Vol.2 Issue 3, pp.11-15

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

7/2022

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2000784763

Frequency:

Quarterly

eISSN:

2791-9196