Royal jelly: chemical composition, health benefits and food applications: A review Royal jelly: chemical composition, health benefits and food applications
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Royal jelly (RJ) is a valuable bee product with complex chemical composition, high nutritional value and numerous health benefits. This article aims to review the general chemical composition, health promoting properties and food applications of RJ. RJ has been found to be a biological product that is characterized by a substantial protein content (approximately 50% of its dry matter), followed by other essential nutrients and bioactive compounds such as carbohydrates, lipids, fatty acids, minerals, vitamins, enzymes, hormones and phenolic compounds (mainly flavonoids). Particular attention is paid to the biological properties and therapeutic effects of RJ such as antimicrobial, antiviral, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antitumor, anti-aging and many others. The medical indications, dosage and health benefits of RJ consumption, (recently hailed as a “superfood”) are also discussed. It can be concluded that RJ has attracted extensive research attention in recent years due to its great potential for application in the food industry as a functional food ingredient and in the manufacture of probiotic dairy products.
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PEYKOVA-SHAPKOVA, Ivelina; IVANOVA, Mihaela; TUMBARSKI, Yulian Dimitrov.
Royal jelly: chemical composition, health benefits and food applications: A review.
Food Science and Applied Biotechnology, [S.l.], v. 8, n. 1, p. 47-64, mar. 2025.
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