ARC (Apiceutical Research Centre): Exploring a New Generation of Medicines from the Beehive

James FEARNLEY

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ARC (Apiceutical Research Centre): Exploring a New Generation of Medicines from the Beehive

Yazarlar:

James FEARNLEY

Yayıncı:

Oktay YILDIZ

Dergi:

Journal of Apitherapy and Nature 2018 Vol.1 Issue 3, pp.1-1

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

12/2018

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000492067

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İki Yıllık

eISSN:

2667-4734

Özet:

 


Modern
pharmaceutical medicine is in crisis. The search for the magic bullet is
proving ever more elusive and inadequate. Whilst the economically driven
pharmaceutical juggernaut trundle on, the definition and meaning of medicine is
being redefined – from targeted, synthetic and single molecule to natural,
synergistic and holistic. Science is turning back again to natural whole
products with a new will to understand their complexity, intricacy and potency
as medicines for man. Medicines from the beehive as with plant medicines have
been used for millennia. In our short sightedness however, we have isolated the
loudest instruments in the orchestra and synthesised them, but we have lost the
symphony. 

            We
must thank the East Europeans for keeping alive a scientific understanding of
bee medicines. Over 40 years ago the Kazan Veterinary Institute published
research which showed that combining propolis with antibiotics increased the
effectiveness of the antibiotics by up to 100 times. We had to wait till the
1990’s before the West began to publish scientific papers. Thanks to a
brilliant combination of marketing and science, Manuka Honey has become known
to millions of consumers worldwide as a natural antibiotic. It is a shame that
this marketing drive has left those same consumers thinking only Manuka honey
has antibiotic properties. Research into propolis, potentially the greatest
medicinal jewel in the beehive treasure chest, has grown exponentially over the
last ten years with Brazil, China, Turkey and India now major contributors. 

            Research
in UK has grown steadily over the last 15 years particularly at the university
of Strathclyde in Scotland. They have developed a greater understanding of how
the chemical compounds collected by the honey bee from plants and trees within
their local environment is transformed by the honey bee into a product able to
provide immune defence for the whole superorganism which is the bee colony. 

            The
relationship between climate and the antibacterial properties of propolis is
now more clearly understood. The discovery of anti-trypanosome chemicals in
propolis in areas where there is sleeping sickness has opened exciting new
research possibility.

ARC (Apiceutical Research Centre) founded
in 2010 has grown out of these insights, in particular the concept that the bee
hive could be a source of a unique new generation of (Geographic) Medicines for
man. 

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Makale detayları

ARC (Apiceutical Research Centre): Exploring a New Generation of Medicines from the Beehive

Yazarlar: James FEARNLEY

Yayıncı: Oktay YILDIZ

Dergi: Journal of Apitherapy and Nature 2018 Vol.1 Issue 3, pp.1-1

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 12/2018

Belge Dili: İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.): 2000492067

Sıklık: İki Yıllık

eISSN: 2667-4734

Sayı

Yazarlar:

James FEARNLEY

Yayıncı:

Oktay YILDIZ

Dergi:

Journal of Apitherapy and Nature 2018 Vol.1 Issue 3, pp.1-1

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

12/2018

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000492067

Sıklık:

İki Yıllık

eISSN:

2667-4734