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ReviewAntioxidants (Basel, Switzerland)2023

Bee Pollen as Functional Food: Insights into Its Composition and Therapeutic Properties.

Asmae El Ghouizi, Meryem Bakour, Hassan Laaroussi, Driss Ousaaid, Naoual El Menyiy, Christophe Hano, Badiaa Lyoussi

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Review in Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 44 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
44citing papers in PubMed
32.5field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

44 citing papers in PubMed, 114 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Asmae El GhouiziLaboratory of Natural Substances, Pharmacology, Environment, Modeling, Health, and Quality of Life, Faculty of Sciences Dhar El Mahraz, University Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah, Fez 30000, Morocco.
Meryem BakourLaboratory of Natural Substances, Pharmacology, Environment, Modeling, Health, and Quality of Life, Faculty of Sciences Dhar El Mahraz, University Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah, Fez 30000, Morocco.ORCID 0000-0001-9200-5471
Hassan LaaroussiLaboratory of Natural Substances, Pharmacology, Environment, Modeling, Health, and Quality of Life, Faculty of Sciences Dhar El Mahraz, University Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah, Fez 30000, Morocco.ORCID 0000-0001-6452-264X
Driss OusaaidLaboratory of Natural Substances, Pharmacology, Environment, Modeling, Health, and Quality of Life, Faculty of Sciences Dhar El Mahraz, University Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah, Fez 30000, Morocco.ORCID 0000-0003-3824-672X
Naoual El MenyiyLaboratory of Pharmacology, National Agency of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Taounate 34025, Morocco.
Christophe HanoDepartment of Chemical Biology, Eure et Loir Campus, University of Orleans, 28000 Chartres, France.ORCID 0000-0001-9938-0151
Badiaa LyoussiLaboratory of Natural Substances, Pharmacology, Environment, Modeling, Health, and Quality of Life, Faculty of Sciences Dhar El Mahraz, University Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah, Fez 30000, Morocco.
Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University · MAInstituts Supérieurs des Professions Infirmières et Techniques de Santé · MAUniversité d'Orléans · FR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bee pollen is a hive product made up of flower pollen grains, nectar, and bee salivary secretions that beekeepers can collect without damaging the hive. Bee pollen, also called bee-collected pollen, contains a wide range of nutritious elements, including proteins, carbs, lipids, and dietary fibers, as well as bioactive micronutrients including vitamins, minerals, phenolic, and volatile compounds. Because of this composition of high quality, this product has been gaining prominence as a functional food, and studies have been conducted to show and establish its therapeutic potential for medical and food applications. In this context, this work aimed to provide a meticulous summary of the most relevant data about bee pollen, its composition-especially the phenolic compounds-and its biological and/or therapeutic properties as well as the involved molecular pathways.

Indexed as

bee pollencompositionfunctional foodmedicinal properties

Identifiers

PMID36978805
PMCPMC10045447
OpenAlexW4321596807

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Registered trials

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